Varazdat Harutyunyan (also Harutiunian, hy, Վարազդատ Հարությունյան; 29 November 1909 – 20 March 2008) was an Armenian academic, architect and writer.

Biography

Harutyunyan was born in the

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, in the town of Van, but he and his family were forced to flee into Russian territory during the

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. They settled first in

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and then in

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. In 1946, he obtained his Ph.D., and then Doctor of Science in architecture. In 1964, he became a professor of history. In 1996 he was elected Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. In

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, he was also president of the Society for Protection of Historical Monuments. He was the author of over 40 books and over 800 articles, mostly on

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.Hushardzan, Annual 3, p223-224, Yerevan, 2005.

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External links

Life of Academician Varazdat Harutyunyan hy, ՀՀԳԱԱ ԱԿԱԴԵՄԻԿՈՍ ՎԱՐԱԶԴԱՏ ՀԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՅԱՆԻ ԿԱՅՔ
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harutyunyan, Varazdat 1909 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Armenian architects 20th-century Armenian historians People from Van, Turkey Communist Party of the Soviet Union members National Polytechnic University of Armenia alumni Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire Armenian genocide survivors Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Soviet architects Soviet historians