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Yervand
Yervand and in some transliterations Ervand (in Western Armenian Yervant), is an Armenian given name of Persian origin. The Hellenic equivalent is Orontes. Ervand / Yervand / Yervant may refer to: Ervand *Ervand Abrahamian (born 1940) Marxist historian of Middle Eastern and particularly Iranian history *Ervand Kogbetliantz (1888–1974), Armenian/American mathematician and first president of the Yerevan State University Orontes *Orontes I Sakavakyats (native Armenian name Yervand I Sakavakyats), king of the Orontid Dynasty, reigning in the period between 570 BC – 560 BC. *Orontes I (native Armenian name Yervand I), Orontid Dynasty king who reigned during the period between 401 BC – 344 BC *Orontes II (native Armenian name Yervand II), son of Orontes I, ruler of the Satrapy of Armenia *Orontes III (native Armenian name Yervand III), King of Armenia *Orontes IV (native Armenian name Yervand IV), son of King Arsames and founder of Yervandashat. Yervand *Yervand Kochar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yervandashat (ancient City)
Yervandashat or Eruandashat ( hy, Երվանդաշատ), was an Armenian city and one of the 13 historic capitals of Armenia, serving as a capital city between 210 and 176 BC during the Orontid rule over Armenia and the beginning of their successors; the Artaxiad dynasty. Etymology "Eruandashat", which translates as "Joy of Ervand (i.e. Orontes)", is the Armenian form of the toponym and derives from Middle Persian ''*Arwandašād'' (compare Old Persian ''*Aruvanta-šiyāti-''). History Yervandashat was built around 210 BC by the last Orontid king Orontes IV of Armenia. It was at a height on the right bank of Aras River, in the Arsharunik canton of Ayrarat province of Armenia Major. Its site is 1 km east of the modern Armenian village of Yervandashat, in the current Turkish Province of Iğdır. According to Movses Khorenatsi, Orontes founded Yervandashat to replace Armavir as his capital after Armavir had been left dry by a shift of the Arax River. Ancient Yervandas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yervand Kochar
Yervand "Kochar" Kocharyan, also known as Ervand Kochar ( hy, Երվանդ Սիմոնի "Քոչար" Քոչարյան; 1899 – 1979) was a prominent sculptor and modern artist of the twentieth century and a founder of Painting in Space art movement. The Ervand Kochar Museum is located in Yerevan, Armenia and showcases much of his work. Biography Early life and career Kochar was born in Tiflis, Russian Empire on June 15, 1899, to Simon Kocharian of Shushi and Pheocia Martirosian. He graduated in 1918 from Nersisian School, and, between 1915 and 1918, also studied at the Arts School of the Caucasus Association for Promotion of Fine Arts (known as O. Schmerling School) in Tbilisi. From 1918 to 1919 he studied at the State Free Art Studio of Moscow. He returned to Tbilisi, where he was granted a certificate of professor of Fine Arts and Technical Studies by the People's Commissariat of the Georgian SSR. In 1921–1922, Kochar was elected to the exhibition commission of the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yervand Manaryan
Yervand Manaryan ( hy, Երվանդ Մանարյան; September 20, 1924 – February 19, 2020) was an Iranian-born Armenian actor. Manaryan was born in Arak, Iran in 1924 in a family from Agulis, Nakhichevan. In 1946 his family repatriated to Soviet Armenia along with thousands of other Iranian Armenians. He was an atheist. The actor was a member of the Armenian National Congress of former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Manaryan died in February 2020, aged 95. Filmography According to IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, p ... *''Karine'' (1969) *''Morgan's Relative'' (1970) *''Chaos'' (1974) *''A Bride from the North'' (1975) *''Priekhali na konkurs povara...'' (1977) *''Arevik'' (1978) *''Captain Arakel'' (1986) *''Comrade Panjuni'' (1992) *''Le piano'' (2011) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yervand Zakharyan
Yervand Zakharyan ( hy, Երվանդ Զախարյան; born 14 May 1946) is an Armenian politician and the former mayor of the Armenian capital Yerevan. He is a member of the country's Republican Party and was the 8th mayor of the Armenian capital since Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Biography Zakharyan was born in the village of Saler in the Shamkir region of the Azerbaijan SSR. He worked in the Yerevan trust "Basemetalsconstruct" from 1962 to 1963 and as a rigger in the plant "Razdanconstruct" in 1963 to 1964. He served as an engineer and chief of the zone of the constructional administration "Warmconstrict" during the rest of the 1960s, while simultaneously attending Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (where he graduated from 1968). He attended the Management Institute of the Moscow Academy of National Economy from 1987 to 1988. He completed his candidate thesis in 1991, obtaining a degree of candidate of science in economics. After Armenia became ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satrapy Of Armenia
The Satrapy of Armenia (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 or 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴𐎹 ), a region controlled by the Orontid dynasty (570–201 BC), was one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC that later became an independent kingdom. Its capitals were Tushpa and later Erebuni. History Origins After the collapse of the Kingdom of Urartu (Ararat), the region was placed under the administration of the Median Empire and the Scythians. Later the territory was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire, which incorporated it as a satrapy, and thus named it the land of "Armina" (in Old Persian; "''Harminuya''" in Elamite; "'' Urashtu''" in Babylonian). Orontid Dynasty The Orontid Dynasty, or known by their native name, Eruandid or Yervanduni, was an Iranian; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; hereditary dynasty that ruled the Armenian satrapy, the successor state to the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu (Ararat). It is suggested that it held dynastic familial linkages t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orontid Dynasty
The Orontid dynasty, also known as the Eruandids or Eruandunis, ruled the Satrapy of Armenia until 330 BC and the Kingdom of Armenia from 321 BC to 200 BC. The Orontids ruled first as client kings or satraps of the Achaemenid Empire and after the collapse of the Achaemenid Empire established an independent kingdom. Later, a branch of the Orontids ruled as kings of Sophene and Commagene. They are the first of the three royal dynasties that successively ruled the antiquity-era Kingdom of Armenia (321 BC–428 AD). Historical background Some historians state that the Orontids were of Iranian origin, and suggest that it held dynastic familial linkages to the ruling Achaemenid dynasty. Throughout their existence, the Orontids stressed their lineage from the Achaemenids in order to strengthen their political legitimacy. Other historians state the Orontids were of Armenian origin, while according to Razmik Panossian, the Orontids probably had marriage links to the rulers of Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yervand Sukiasyan
Yervand Garsevanovich Sukiasyan ( hy, Երվանդ Սուքիասյան, born on 20 January 1967 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) is a former Armenian professional football defender. He played in 35 international matches for the Armenia national team since his debut in 1994. Sukiasyan finished his playing career with Kerkyra F.C. in the Greek Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 .... References External links * * * * 1967 births Living people Armenian footballers Armenian expatriate footballers Armenia international footballers Soviet footballers Soviet Top League players Soviet Armenians FC Ararat Yerevan players Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Armenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yervand Krbachyan
Yervand Mesropi Krbachyan ( hy, Երվանդ Մեսրոպի Կռբաշյան, born 1 October 1971) is an Armenian former football defender and current manager. He was also capped for the USSR U-20 team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIFA .... External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krbachyan, Yervand 1971 births Footballers from Yerevan Living people Armenian footballers Armenian football managers Armenia men's international footballers Armenian expatriate footballers Soviet footballers FC Ararat Yerevan players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Pyunik players FC Moscow players Expatriate footballers in Russia Soviet Armenians Soviet Top League players Armenian Premier League players R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orontes (other)
Orontes () may refer to: * Orontes River, in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey ** Orontes, a mythological Indian leader whom the river is supposedly named after, as told in book 17 of the Greek epic poem ''Dionysiaca'' * Orontes, a character mentioned in '' The Aeneid'' who is killed when his ship is swallowed by a whirlpool * various members of the Armenian Orontid Dynasty (their name, also rendered as Orontas, Orondes, Aroandes, is the Hellenized form of an Iranian masculine name: Avestan: ''auruuant'' sometimes shortened to ''auruuat'', Persian arvand, meaning "Of greatness, mighty"): ** Orontes I Sakavakyats ** Orontes I or Yervand I ** Orontes II or Yervand II ** Orontes III or Yervand III ** Orontes IV or yervand IV * Rawadid dynasty, or Rawands, Kurdish dynasty in Azerbaijan (northwestern Iran) * Rawandiz Rawandiz ( ar, رواندز; ku, ڕەواندز, Rewandiz) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, located in the Erbil Governorate, close to the borders with Iran and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orontes IV
Orontes IV (Old Persian: ''*Arvanta-'') was the son of King Arsames and is recorded as ruling Armenia from inscriptions found at the historic capital of the Orontid dynasty, Armavir. He was the founder of the city of Yervandashat. In his reign the religious site of Bagaran was founded. Large bronze statues in the Hellenistic style of the gods, Zeus ( Aramazd), Artemis (Anahit) and Herakles ( Vahagn) were brought there and set up in temples dedicated to them. He is also said to have founded a shrine at Armavir dedicated to Apollo ( Mithra), a golden statue of four horses pulling a chariot with Apollo as god of the Sun. This was later destroyed by the Sassanid Persian army in the 4th century AD. King Antiochus III instigated a revolt against King Orontes IV. Strabo, who wrote about this 200 years later, stated that it was general Artaxias I, who was also an Orontid, who overthrew King Orontes IV. Aramaic inscriptions found at Armavir state that King Orontes IV died at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yervand Lalayan
Yervand Lalayan ( hy, Երվանդ Լալայան, 1864 – 24 February 1931) was an Armenian ethnographer, archaeologist, folklorist. He was also the founder and the first director of the History Museum of Armenia from 1919 to 1927. Biography In 1885 he left Tiflis's Nersisian School and worked in Akhaltsikhe, Akhalkalaki, and Alexandropol as a teacher. In 1894 ending the faculty of social sciences in the University of Geneva. Receiving the level of Candidate of sociological sciences, he worked for the Mkhitarians of Venice. Returning to Armenia, in 1895-1897 he worked in the diocesan school of Shusha. When here, and consulting with the notable scholars (Manuk Abeghian, T. Toramian, Hrachia Acharian, Leo, Melikset bek, S. Lisitsyan, Kh. Samuelyan, S. Zelinski, etc., he founded the periodical '' Azgagrakan Handes'' ( hy, Ազգագագրական Հանդես, ''"Ethnographic Magazine"'') in 1896. On November 21, 1900 he founded the Armenian Ethnographic publishing house in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
