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Sarkis Demerjian
Sarkis (, ) is a masculine given name and surname. The name may also be alternatively spelled/written as Sargis, used by both Armenians and Assyrians. People with the mononym Notable figures who use "Sarkis" as a mononym include: * Sargis the General or Sarkis the Warrior, a 4th century martyr and military saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church ** Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi, in Armenia * Sarkis, the name of three Armenian patriarchs of Jerusalem * Sarkis I of Armenia, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church 992–1019 * Sarkis II the Relic-Carrier, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church 1469–1474 * Sarkis Rizzi (1572–1638), head of the Maronite Church 1581–1597 * Aïbeg and Serkis, 13th century Mongol envoys to Europe * Sergius and Bacchus, or variant spellings, 4th century Syrian Christian soldiers revered as martyrs and military saints People with the given name Notable people who use "Sarkis" as a given name include: * Sarkis Acopian (1926–2007), inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Asia
West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian highlands, the Levant, the island of Cyprus, the Sinai Peninsula and the South Caucasus. The region is separated from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, and separated from Europe by the waterways of the Turkish Straits and the watershed of the Greater Caucasus. Central Asia lies to its northeast, while South Asia lies to its east. Twelve seas surround the region (clockwise): the Aegean Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Gulf of Suez, and the Mediterranean Sea. West Asia contains the majority of the similarly defined Middle East. The ''Middle East'' is a political term invented by Western geographers that has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Sako
Sarkis Levoni Balasanyan (; born August 17, 1978), professionally known as Super Sako (), is an Armenian-American rapper, singer, DJ and record producer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his hit single "Mi Gna," which ranked at #4 in France and #2 in Romania music charts in 2018. Early life Balasanyan was born on 17 August 1978 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union. He moved to Los Angeles, California, alongside his family at a young age and grew up in Hollywood. Career As early as 1994, he started rapping under the name Sad Eyez. At the time he collaborated with the “Twinz” and AC now known as A.chilla, who were also Armenian rappers. Later becoming more involved with Armenian singers such as Suro, Tatul Avoyan and releasing an Armenian Rabiz/hip-hop mix with Samvel Sahakyan, “Mots Ari”. Later in 2008, Super Sako would release his first official album known as ''Saint Sarkis''. He would later release more albums throughout the years, which include ''Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Katchadourian
Sarkis Katchadourian (, August 9, 1886 – March 4, 1947) was an Armenian artist. Biography Sarkis Katchadourian was born on August 9, 1886, in Malatya in the family of Sarkis and Varduhi. He received his primary education in Armenian Evangelical College of Malatya. 1902-1908 he studied at Sanasarian College in Karin (Erzurum), In 1908 he left for Constantinople. 1908-1911 he studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and graduated with gold medal. He returned to Constantinople, where he taught painting at Sanasarian College in Karin. 1912-1914 he studied at the National Higher school of decorative arts in Paris and received the first class diploma. He left for Geneva to study pedagogy and then improved it in Munich and Vienna. In 1914-1918 Katchadourian was in Caucasus (Batumi, Yessentuki, Tiflis, Yerevan, Dilijan, Ijevan, Alexandrapol, Gharakilisa and Echmiadzin). In 1915 he left for Persia then Armenia. In 1916 he participated in forming "Armenian Artist's Association" in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Kasyan
Sarkis Hovhannesi Kasyan or Kasian (''Qosyan'', (), , 1876, Shushi - December 11, 1937) was an Armenian Soviet statesman, politician, publicist and journalist. He was arrested and later shot in 1937 during the Great Purge. He was posthumously rehabilitated. Biography Sarkis Kasyan was born on January 28, 1876, in the town of Shushi in the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire. During his childhood, his family moved to Baku, where he attended the Baku Realschule. There, Kasyan began participating in underground student organizations and reading banned literature. He was expelled from school in the seventh grade for disobedience. Kasyan left for Germany in 1900 and graduated from Leipzig Commercial Institute and the Faculty of Philosophy of Berlin University in 1904. After graduating, he returned to Baku. From 1903 to 1904, he was a supporter of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party's left wing. He was a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Jebejian
Sarkis Jebejian (, Jebeji, 1864–1920) was an Armenian military leader, the head of the self-defense of Hadjin (1920). Biography Jebejian was born in Kayseri. In 1914 when he witnessed the extermination of Armenian soldiers in the Turkish army, he fled and joined General Andranik Ozanian's volunteer unit in Caucasus. In April 1915 he participated in the Battle of Dilman. Then as a lieutenant of Andranik's Special Striking Division he participated in Zangezur's self-defense. Being in confrontation with Dashnak authorities, he, as his commander Andranik, left Armenian Republic in 1919 and moved to Constantinople, then Cilicia. In 1920 he became the Commander of the Supreme Council of self-defense of Hadjin, and heroically fought during nine months. He was wounded and fell during the last days of self-defense. According to Tsatur Aghayan Tsatur Pavel Aghayan (; – 3 December 1982) was a Soviet-Armenian historian, a professor at Yerevan State University, an academician of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Hovanessian
Aram Manukian (19 March 187929 January 1919) was an Armenian revolutionary, statesman, and a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) party. He is widely regarded as the founder of the First Republic of Armenia. Born and educated in Russian (Eastern) Armenia, he was mostly active in Van, one of the largest cities in Turkish (Western) Armenia. He rose to prominence there as a community organizer. During the first months of World War I, he worked with local Ottoman officials to de-escalate rising tensions until mid-April 1915, when Turkish forces laid siege to the city. He led the successful Armenian civilian self-defense of Van. As a result, tens of thousands avoided being deported and massacred by the Turkish government while the Armenian genocide was underway. He briefly served as the head of the provisional government in Van. Following the Russian Revolution and the collapse of the Caucasian front in 1917–18, Aram was "popular dictator" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Hayrapetyan
Sarkis Hayrapetyan ( ''Sargis Hayrapetyany''; born 22 July 1992) is an Armenian figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d .... His father, Samvel Hayrapetyan, is his coach, and his younger brother, Slavik Hayrapetyan, is also a competitive skater. Programs Competitive highlights ''JGP: Junior Grand Prix'' References External links *Sarkis Hayrapetyanat sport-folio.netat Tracings 1992 births Armenian male single skaters Living people Sportspeople from Yerevan {{Armenia-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Erganian
Sarkis Erganian (; 1870 in Trabzon, Ottoman Empire – 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri) was an Ottoman Armenian painter. See also * Armenians in Turkey Armenians in Turkey (; or , ), one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 40,000 to 50,000 today, down from a population of over 2 million Armenians between the years 1914 and 1921. Today, the overwhelming majority ... References External links Sarkis Erganian's biography 1870 births 1950 deaths 20th-century painters from the Ottoman Empire Armenians from the Ottoman Empire People from Trabzon Ethnic Armenian painters Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery 20th-century Armenian painters Survivors of the Hamidian massacres {{Turkey-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Elgkian
Sarkis Elgkian (, born 24 March 1972) is a retired Armenian-Greek Greco Roman wrestler. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ..., where he came in 7th place. References External links * 1972 births Living people Armenian male sport wrestlers Greek male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Greece Naturalized citizens of Greece Soviet male sport wrestlers Armenian emigrants to Greece Naturalised sports competitors {{Greece-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Dkhrouni
Sarkis Dkhrouni (''Տխրունի'', meaning ''Sad'', ''Sarkis Kederian, Սարգիս Քէտէրեան'') was an Armenian political figure and editor. Armenian Dkhrouhi Youth Association is named after him. Biography Dkhruni was born in Sis in 1898. He studied at National college of Sis, then in 1912 he entered Ayntab college. His father was killed during the Armenian genocide, Dkhrouni and his mother survived and returned to Cilicia. He worked as teacher and edited "Tavros" and "Nor Serund" newspapers. After the occupation of Hadjin he moved to Syria, where he edited "Souriakan Mamoul" newspaper. Working as a Social Democrat Hunchakian Party activist, he was arrested by the French authorities and sent to Arwat island where he published "New Bastille" paper with other Arabian patriots. He was released in 1928 and moved to Beirut, where worked as a teacher of camp's Sahagian college. He was killed in Beirut on 17 January 1929 by his political opponents. Many papers, including 13 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Djanbazian
Sarkis Djanbazian (; ), also written as Sarkis Janbazian, (15 January 1913 in Armavir – 11 December 1963 in Tehran) was a Russian-born Iranian-Armenian artist. He was the first male ballet master, dancer, choreographer, producer, as well as the founder of a ballet academy in Iran. Biography Sarkis Djanbazian was born in Armavir, then part of the Russian Empire (now Armenia). As the ''Encyclopedia Iranica'' states, from early childhood, Djanbazian took an avid interest in the arts, especially in dance. After graduating from high school, he went to Leningrad (St. Petersburg at the time) to study dance. He graduated from Vaganova Dance Academy of Leningrad on 14 January 1936 and from Lesgaft University with a Masters of Arts degree on 15 November 1936. After graduation, he worked as a principal dancer, choreographer, and artistic director in Kirov Theatre in Leningrad until July 1938. As the Russian Communist government exercised heavy political pressure on Armenians, Dja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Diranian
Sarkis Diranian (; 1854 - 1938) was an Armenian orientalist painter. Originally from the Ottoman Empire, he was established for many years in Paris. Life Diranian was born in 1854 in Constantinople and studied art at the school of drawing and painting opened on Hamalbaşi Street in Beyoğlu by the French artist Pierre Desire Guillemet in 1875. His painting ''The Enchantress'' was exhibited in the photography studio of the Abdullah Freres in Beyoğlu in 1883, and on the proceeds from its sale he went to Paris and worked in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme. In the year 1883 or 1884, while still in Paris, he was awarded the ''Mecidiye'' order by the Ottoman government, and in 1887 the Ottoman Ministry of Education began to pay him a monthly allowance. In 1889 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, and until 1910 he participated in the exhibitions of the Societe des Artistes Francais in Paris. In 1892 and 1900 he won the prize of honor at the international Paris e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
