Poghosyan

Poghossian, Pogossyan, Poghosyan, Poghosian, Pogosyan, etc., () is an

Armenian surname An Armenian name comprises a given name and a surname. In Armenia, patronymics, which go between the first and last name, are also used in official documents. First names According to the Statistical Committee of Armenia, the most commonly used n ...

. Also Ter-Pogossian, Der-Pogossian, and variants. Ter/Der indicates

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...

hood descent. The

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Arme ...

equivalent is Boghossyan. It is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

from the first name Poghos (

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

: Պողոս), equivalent to

Paul Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...

, making the name effectively equivalent to Paulson. It may refer to: * Armen Poghosyan, conductor of "Sofia" Russian private orchestra * Armen Poghosyan (military musician), Armenian military musician *

David Pogosian David Pogosian ( ka, დავით პოღოსიანი; born August 21, 1974, in Gori, Georgian SSR) is a Georgian wrestler of Armenian descent. He won a bronze medal in the 2001 World Wrestling Championships The following is the fi ...

, Olympic

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

* Gevorik Poghosyan, Armenian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

* Gilbert Pogosyan, American soccer player * Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of Culture of

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

Manvel Ter-Pogosyan Amurai (birth name Manvel Ter-Pogosyan; born 1987) is an Armenians, Armenian-United States, American trance music producer, songwriter, and DJ currently residing in Sacramento, California. Biography As producer Amurai was inspired to begin prod ...

, a.k.a. Amurai, American trance music producer * Metakse Poghosian, Armenian poet *

Michael Poghosyan Michael Movsesi Poghosyan (sometimes credited as Mikael Pogosyan, Michael Poghosian, Mikael Poghosyan, ; born 31 May 1954) is an Armenian film and theatre actor, as well as a judge on the Armenian version of ''Pop Idol''. Professional practice I ...

, Armenian film and theatre actor and judge on the Armenian version of ''Pop Idol'' * Mihran Poghosyan, Armenian businessman *

Mikhail Pogosyan Mikhail Aslanovich Pogosyan (; born 18 April 1956 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian Aerospace engineering, aerospace engineer. He is the former general director of Sukhoi and the United Aircraft Corporation and the current rector of the Moscow Aviat ...

, Russian aerospace engineer * Ann Ter-Pogossian, American artist * Michel Ter-Pogossian, American physicist *

Poghos Poghosyan Poghos Poghosyan (; 1958 – September 25, 2001) was an ethnic Armenian from the Javakheti region of Georgia. He was killed at Poplavok cafe in Yerevan on September 25, 2001 by the bodyguards of then President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan. Kocharya ...

, killed by President Kocharyan's bodyguards *

Sofya Poghosyan Sofya Sergeyi Poghosyan ( born on October 20, 1988) is an Armenians, Armenian broadcaster, psychologist and actress. She is known for her roles in many Armenian TV-series airing on Shant TV. Filmography See also * Ashot Ter-Matevosyan Refer ...

, Armenian broadcaster, psychologist and actress * Stefan Pogosyan, Russian chess master * Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan * Yura Poghosyan, a

National Hero of Armenia National Hero of Armenia () is the highest title in Armenia. The law on the title was signed by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan on 22 April 1994. It is awarded "for outstanding services of national importance to the Republic of Armenia in defense ...

Genrikh Poghosyan Genrikh Andreyi Poghosyan () was the First Secretary of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. He was appointed in February 1988, succeeding Boris Kevorkov. Biography Poghosyan was the Second Se ...

, Soviet party leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast * Zhirayr Poghosyan,

Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh The prime minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was the head of government of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic between 1992 and 2017. The position of prime minister was established in 1992, and was appointed by the head of state—the ...

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