Harutiun Shahrigian (; 1860–1915) was an Armenian politician, soldier, lawyer, and author. Better known by nicknames Atom, (), Nitra (), he had a prominent role in the

Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (, abbr. ARF (ՀՅԴ) or ARF-D), also known as Dashnaktsutyun (Armenians, Armenian: Դաշնակցություն, Literal translation, lit. "Federation"), is an Armenian nationalism, Armenian nationalist a ...

(ARF) and was also a member of the

Armenian National Assembly The Armenian National Assembly was the governing body of the Armenian millet in the Ottoman Empire, established by the Armenian National Constitution of 1863. Elections Tax paying members of the Armenian Gregorian church were given suffrage ...

, a lawyer and author of publications on the

Armenian Question The Armenian question was the debate following the Congress of Berlin in 1878 as to how the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire should be treated. The term became commonplace among diplomatic circles and in the popular press. In specific terms, the ...

. He was a victim of the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...

Biography

Haruiun Shahrigian was born in 1860 in Shabin-Karahisar, Sivas Vilayet in the Ottoman Empiretoday in Turkey's

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. Shahrigian graduated from

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located in

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. He continued his studies at the

University of Constantinople The Imperial University of Constantinople, sometimes known as the University of the Palace Hall of Magnaura (), was an Eastern Roman educational institution that could trace its corporate origins to 425 AD, when the emperor Theodosius II foun ...

, graduating with a degree in law in 1880. He settled in

Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

where he worked as a lawyer from 1889 to 1895. During his career he defended Armenians imprisoned for political activity. He was imprisoned during the

Hamidian massacres The Hamidian massacres also called the Armenian massacres, were massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the mid-1890s. Estimated casualties ranged from 100,000 to 300,000, Akçam, Taner (2006) '' A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide a ...

in 1895. In 1897, after spending thirteen months in prison, he escaped and settled in

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, ultimately moving to

Tiflis Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

. There Shahrigian continued his legal career, working in association with

Alexander Mantashev Alexander Mantashev (, Aleksandr Mantashiants; , Aleksandr Ivanovich Mantashev; 3 March 1842 – 19 April 1911) was a prominent Russian oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and a philanthropist of Armenian origin. By the end of his life he h ...

On 25 July 1897, he left to

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in order to coordinate the Khanasor Expedition organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He participated in a 16–26 January 1898 congress of ARF Eastern Bodies members in Tiflis. There he served on the ''Potorig'' Committee from 1901 to 1903. Shahrgian and

Avetik Sahakyan Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakian (; 1863–1933), also known as Father Abraham, was an Armenian politician, the Parliamentary President (speaker) of the First Republic of Armenia in 1918–19, the social security minister and member of ARF Dashnaktsuti ...

were responsible for ARF operations in the region of Baku (Voskanapat) and northern regions of Russia. From 1905 to 1906 he organized the transportation and delivery of ammunition to front line positions to assist in self-defense efforts during the Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–07. After the

Young Turk Revolution The Young Turk Revolution (July 1908; ) was a constitutionalist revolution in the Ottoman Empire. Revolutionaries belonging to the Internal Committee of Union and Progress, an organization of the Young Turks movement, forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II ...

of 1908 he moved to Constantinople where he participated in the

representing the district of Scutari. He was also a contributor to the newspaper ''Azadamard''. During the

in 1915 he was deported to

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, where he was tortured and ultimately killed in the outskirts of

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Publications

*''Our Credo'', Constantinople, 1910 *''Мarriage Questions, legal and social character'', Constantinople, 1912 *''History of Decline of the Ottoman Empire'', Turkey, 1913 *''Question of Reforms'', Constantinople, 1914 *''National Constitution'', Constantinople, 1914Fundamental Scientific Library National Academy of Sciences Republic of Armenia National constitution
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References

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Еncyclopedia of found «Hayazg»

Dashnaktsutyun

F.S.L.National Academy of Sciences Republic of Armenia

1984, Армения в политике империалистической Германии (конец XIX начало XX века), Е, 1975; The Armenian Genocide, v. 2, Munchen, 1988; О h a n d j a n ia n A, Oslereich Ungam und Armenien 1914 1918, Wien, 1988 U Օհանջանյան (Ավստրիա)U. Կիրակոսյան

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