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Tseghakronism ( hy, Ցեղակրոնութիւն, translit=Tsʿeghakrōnutʿiwn') is a national/ethnic and political movement towards a renewal of the spiritual, behavioral and cultural identity of the
Armenian people Armenians ( hy, հայեր, '' hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora ...
. The aim of Tseghakronism is to unite the Armenian people on the territory of their historical homeland within a single Armenian state. The movement was founded by
Garegin Nzhdeh Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan, better known by his '' nom de guerre'' Garegin Nzhdeh ( hy, Գարեգին Նժդեհ, ; 1 January 1886 – 21 December 1955), was an Armenian statesman, military commander and political thinker. As a member of the A ...
, and, together with his associates Hayk Asatryan and Nerses Astvatsaturyan, was later refined into the ideology of Taronism (Տարոնականութիւն') - a continuation of Tseghakronism.


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Further reading

* Avo: Nzhdeh: his life and activity (Նժդեհ. Կեանքն ու գործունէութիւնը). — Beirut: Hamazgayin, 1968 * Mushegh Lalayan, "The Life and Works of Garegin Nzhdeh", Yerevan, 1997։ * A Barseghyan: The Movement of Tseghakronism (Ցեղակրոն շարժումը). — Boston, 1935.


External links

* * http://www.historyofarmenia.am/images/menus/1187/Njdeh_1.pdf {{Ethnic nationalism Armenian nationalism Political history of Armenia National liberation movements Political movements Religion and politics