Rafik Khachatryan ( hy, Ռաֆիկ Գարեգինի Խաչատրյան; October 7, 1937 – January 16, 1993) was an

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n sculptor. He was the father of Garegin Khachatryan (1975–1995).

Biography

Khachatryan was a direct descendant of the house of Daniel-Bek of Sassun (

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

Sassun Sason ( hy, Սասուն, translit=Sasun, ku, Qabilcewz, ar, قبل جوز; formerly known as Sasun or Sassoun) is a district and town in the Batman Province of Turkey. It was formerly part of the sanjak of Siirt, which was in Diyarbakır ...

Sason Sason ( hy, Սասուն, translit=Sasun, ku, Qabilcewz, ar, قبل جوز; formerly known as Sasun or Sassoun) is a district and town in the Batman Province of Turkey. It was formerly part of the sanjak of Siirt, which was in Diyarbakır vi ...

Western Armenia Western Armenia (Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան Հայաստան, ''Arevmdian Hayasdan'') is a term to refer to the eastern parts of Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire) that are part of the historical homeland of the Armenians. Weste ...

) (second half of the 18th century) and Khachatur-Bek of Mush (

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) (first half of the 19th century), and the father of Garegin Khachatryan - one of the young heroes of the National Liberation war. He graduated from the Phanos Therlemzyan Art college (Yerevan) in 1966 and the Yerevan Art-Theatrical Institute (University) in 1971.

Activities

Khachatryan was a participant and an ideologist of the

Armenian national liberation movement The Armenian national movement ( hy, Հայ ազգային-ազատագրական շարժում ''Hay azgayin-azatagrakan sharzhum'') included social, cultural, but primarily political and military movements that reached their height during Worl ...

of the 20th century. He provided humanitarian assistance, materials, and other means for the self-defesnse troops and for the people of Nagorny Karabakh. He was a member of the Army of Independence along with

Ashot Navasardyan Ashot Tsolaki Navasardyan (; March 28, 1950 – November 3, 1997) was an Armenian politician and military commander who founded the Republican Party of Armenia. Navasardyan was born in Yerevan and graduated from the Faculty of Law of Yerevan Sta ...

Andranik Margaryan Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan ( hy, Անդրանիկ Նահապետի Մարգարյան; 12 June 1951 – 25 March 2007) served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 20 ...

, Hakobjan Tadevosyan,

Movses Gorgisyan Movses Gevorgi Gorgisyan ( hy, Մովսես Գևորգի Գորգիսյան; 3 December 1961 – 19 January 1990) was an Armenian politician and national hero, one of the leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh movement. He was one of the founders of th ...

and other patriots of

. Khachatryan was a member of the Art Unions of Armenia and the USSR since 1976. He created sculptures and memorial complexes for the martyred freedom fighters.

Works

Sculptures: "Alexander Spendiaryan" (1971, in Museum of

Alexander Spendiaryan Alexander Afanasyevich Spendiarov (Spendiaryan) (russian: Александр Афанасьевич Спендиаров, hy, Ալեքսանդր Ստեփանոսի Սպենդիարյան, November 1, 1871, Kakhovka, Russian Empire – May 7 ...

, Yerevan), "Spring" (1972), "The

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of the Victory" (1975), " Stepan Shahumyan" (1977, in

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National Gallery of Armenia The National Gallery of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի ազգային պատկերասրահ, ''Hayastani azgayin patkerasrah'') is the largest art museum in Armenia. Located on Yerevan's Republic Square, the museum has one of the most prominent ...

), "

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

and

Avetik Isahakyan Avetik Sahak Isahakyan ( hy, Ավետիք Սահակ Իսահակյան; October 30, 1875 – October 17, 1957) was a prominent Armenian lyric poet, writer and public activist. Biography Isahakyan was born in Alexandropol in 1875. He was edu ...

" (1978, Museum of Armenian-Russian friendship,

Abovyan Abovyan or Abovian ( hy, Աբովյան), is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located northeast of Yerevan and southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. As of the 2011 census, the population of ...

town, Armenia), " Komitas" (1978, Yerevan city museum), "

Sarkis Lukashin Sargis Lukyani Lukashin ( hy, Սարգիս Լուկյանի Լուկաշին; russian: Сергей Лукьянович Лукашин, born Sargis Srapionyan (Սրապիոնյան); 1883 or 1885 – 1937) was an Armenian Bolshevik politician a ...

( Srapionyan)" (1980,

), "The Armenian Lady" (1980), "Ode of the Peace" (1984), "Metalurgist-worker" (1985), "The Torch of the Revolution" (1987), " Paruyr Sevak", "

Hovhannes Shiraz Hovhannes Shiraz ( hy, Հովհաննես Շիրազ) (April 27, 1914 – March 14, 1984) was an Armenian poet. Biography Shiraz was born Onik Tadevosi Karapetyan in the city of Alexandropol, then part of the Russian Empire (now Gyumri, Arme ...

" , Hovhannes Hayvazyan (

Ivan Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (russian: link=no, Иван Константинович Айвазовский; 29 July 18172 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized ...

)", "Hovsep Shishmanyan ( Tserents)" etc. Memorial complexes: "Mother Armenia" - dedicated to the memory of the heroes of the World War II (1975, Harthavan), dedicated to the memory of the heroes of the World War II (1982, Kathnaghpyur), "Djangulum" spring-fountain (1975,

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

). His works are exhibited in many foreign countries including Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, and Germany.

) * Gohar Khostikyan, ''The Armenian Artists: biographical dictionary'', Yerevan, 1993 (in Armenian) (unpublished). * Albert Pharsadanyan, ''The Armenian: biographies of the prominent Armenians in one line'', Yerevan, "VMV-print" Publishing House, 2004) (in Armenian) * ''Whoe is Whoe'', biographical encyclopedia, volume 2, page 724, Armenian Encyclopedia, Yerevan, 2007 (in Armenian). * ''Khachar'', biography and works - with photos, Samark Publishing House, 7 September 2007, Yerevan, (in Armenian). * Rafo, ''Avangard'', independent weekly, 3–9 October 2007, Yerevan, (in Armenian). * The Master of the Stone Poetry (Qare Poeziayi Varpetn), "Hay Zinwor", the ''Official Weekly of the MOD'', 6–13 October 2007, Yerevan, (in Armenian). * Television Sujet about Khachar (Rafik Khachatryan), Yerevan Television Studio, 7 October 2007, Yerevan, (in Armenian). * Television Sujet about Khachar (Rafik Khachatryan), ArmenAkob Television Studio, 14 October 2007, Yerevan, (in Armenian). * Television Sujet about Khachar (Rafik Khachatryan), Zinuzh Television Studio, 21 October 2007, Yerevan, The 1st Channel of Armenia (Public Television 1st Channel) (in Armenian). * Sasun Grigoryan, Musanera ch'lrecin, v.3, Yerevan, 2010, pages 67–68 (in Armenian).

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