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noted that Hovhannisian "dominated Soviet Armenian historiography until his death, and in some respects, even after." A Soviet dissident publication noted that "ather than as a political figure, he is better known as an intellectual possessing a high degree of originality, which is a rare phenomenon
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Beginning in 1954, he worked at the Institute of History of the Armenian Academy of Sciences as a senior researcher and headed the new history department from 1961. In 1955 he defended his doctoral thesis and in 1960 was elected a full member (academician) of the Armenian Academy.
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After the Sovietization of Armenia, Hovhannisian was appointed Minister of Education. In that position, he declared Armenian the official language of Soviet Armenia, fought illiteracy, established a government-run publishing house and Cultural-Educational Institute, organized
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and remained in that position until July 1927. He oversaw the reconstruction of the Armenian economy, promoted education and science, agriculture and industry. He was dismissed for "his underestimation of the dangers of
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Hovhannisian was one of the most significant Armenian historians of the 20th century. His interest in the history of Armenia's modernization was not a matter of purely academic interest, but a practical one.
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under Stalin, Hovhannisian was fired from his job in July 1937, then aged 50, and arrested on trumped-up charges. He was jailed first in Moscow and Yerevan, then was exiled to the
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The Ashot Johannissyan Research Institute in the Humanities was established in Yerevan in 2014. It conducts theoretical and philosophical research.
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Hovhannisian became a full member (academician) of the Armenian Academy of Sciences in 1960. His obituary was signed by Soviet Armenian leader
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I discuss the theory of history, as developed by Armenian Marxist historian Ashot Johannissyan in the first part of the twentieth century...
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In 1913, he returned to Shusha, his birthplace, where he taught German and history at the local Armenian seminary. In 1914, he moved to
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for his "dedication and the 'wisdom' of adopting a 'Russian' orientation that was to withstand the passage of time and regimes."
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of 1917, the seminary closed down and Hovannisian returned to Shusha, where he edited the Armenian-language socialist newspaper
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As a Marxist-historian he underlined the common social struggle of the Armenians and other exploited neighboring nations...
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in 1928–31. Between 1931 and 1934 he was vice-director of the Institute of Nationalities of the USSR and in 1934–35 at the
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Kars province as a part of the Republic of Armenia (April 1919 - October 1920): Materials and documents
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as head of the Moscow branch and in 1935–37 worked as vice-director of the USSR Institute of History.
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Hovhannisian was named an Honored Scientist of the Armenian SSR in 1961, awarded the
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and became the head of its education department. He also edited the newspaper
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Armenia at the Crossroads: Democracy and Nationhood in the Post-Soviet Era
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Hovhannisian's doctoral thesis at the University of Munich was devoted to
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and "dissolve the Armenian army by all means" in order to facilitate the
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in 1967, and the State Prize of the Armenian SSR posthumously in 1985.
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and began teaching political economy, Latin, German and history at the
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Mikirtchian, Levon (1962). "Noteworthy Soviet Armenian Publications".
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Hay-rusakan haraberut’yunnerë 18-rd dari arajin yeresnamyakin
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by late 1918, where he worked at the Armenian branch of the
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Censorship of Historical Thought: A World Guide, 1945-2000
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Khachatur Abovian Armenian State Pedagogical University
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In January 1922 he was elected first secretary of the
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Communist Party of Armenia (Soviet Union) politicians
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of Soviet Russia, then at the Armenian branch of the
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League for the Liberation of the Peoples of the USSR
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Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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He was educated at the local 905:Harutyunyan, Vladimir (2016). 884:[Ashot Hovhannisyan]. 1: 1011:Johannissjan, Aschot (1913). 890:(in Armenian). Archived from 742:American University of Beirut 421:. In August 1920, he visited 270:Ashot Gareginovich Ioannisyan 101:December 1920 – 1921 1215:Presidential Flag of Armenia 1055:. ARTMargins. Archived from 808:Sarukhanyan, Norayr (2012). 744:. p. 32. Archived from 572:Nalbandyanë ev nra zhamanakë 1275:Shusha Realni School alumni 1099:(in Armenian) (2): 292–294. 1072:Studies on the Soviet Union 818:(in Armenian) (2): 271–276. 587: 581: 571: 565: 499:Marx–Engels–Lenin Institute 399: 381: 250:Ashot Garegini Hovhannisian 1356: 942:(in Armenian) (1): 95–102. 840:Հովհաննիսյան Աշոտ Գարեգինի 579:and his time, 1955–1956), 495:National Library of Russia 475:Communist Party of Armenia 266:Ашот Гарегинович Иоаннисян 46:Communist Party of Armenia 1208: 953:de Baets, Antoon (2002). 489:In July 1927 he moved to 435:First Republic of Armenia 393:. 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Communist Party of Armenia
Askanaz Mravyan
Hayk Ovsepyan
Minister of Education of Soviet Armenia
Poghos Makintsian
Shusha
Shusha uezd
Elizavetpol Governorate
Russian Empire
Yerevan
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
Armenian
RSDLP
Bolsheviks
Russian Communist Party
Alma mater
University of Munich
Armenian
Russian
Marxist historian
theorist
Shusha
Shusha uezd
Elizavetpol Governorate
Russian Empire
realschule
social democrats
University of Jena

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