Michael Papadjanian, or Mikayel (1868 in

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– 1929 in

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) was a member of the

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who studied law at Rostov, Odessa and St Petersburg, and had a practice as a barrister at Baku.Antranig Chalabian, General Andranik and the Armenian Revolutionary Movement - Page 583 He was a member of Armenian national activities during the Armenian–Tatar massacres 1905-1907. He married an oil heiress in 1907. He became an Armenian member of the Fourth State Duma in 1912. He was also elected to become a member of the

Ozakom The Special Transcaucasian Committee (Russian: Особый Закавказский Комитет ''Osobyi Zakavkazskii Komitet'' (OZaKom, Ozakom or OZAKOM)) was established on March 9, 1917, after the February Revolution, with Member of the S ...

, March 1917. He established the eastern equivalent of the

Ramkavars The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (), the Ramgavar Party, (known before 1921 as the Armenakan party) (), also known by its Armenian initials () or its English initials ADL (meaning Armenian Democratic Liberal) is an Armenian political party ...

under the name Zhoghovrdakan (Populist) party in 1917. He participated in the Russian Armenian National Congress, October 1917; he and the other members of the Ozakom were criticized for ineffectiveness. He participated in the negotiation of the

Treaty of Batum The Treaty of Batum was signed in Batumi on 4 June 1918, between the Ottoman Empire and the three Transcaucasian states: the First Republic of Armenia, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Georgia. It was the first ...

on May–June 1918 and signed the treaty. After the declaration of the

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, he was assigned to the Paris Peace Conference as a member of the delegation of the Republic of Armenia; he became a member of the central executive of the

Armenian General Benevolent Union The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU, Eastern Armenian: Հայկական Բարեգործական Ընդհանուր Միություն, ՀԲԸՄ, ''Haykakan Baregortsakan Endhanur Miutyun'', or ,''Hay Parekordzagan Enthanour Miyutyun'' or ...

. In 1929, he was delegated by his party to discuss the re-establishment of ties between Eastern and Western Armenians with the Soviet Armenian government.

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1868 births 1929 deaths Jurists from Yerevan Politicians from Yerevan People from the First Republic of Armenia 19th-century people from the Russian Empire {{Armenia-bio-stub