Sargis "Sako" Isahaki Hаmbardzumyan (; 1870–1944) was a Soviet Armenian politician and professional revolutionary of the

Bolshevik Party The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...

. Born in

Shushi Shusha (, ) or Shushi () is a city in Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Situated at an altitude of 1,400–1,800 metres (4,600–5,900 ft) in the Karabakh mountains, the city was a mountain resort in the Soviet Union, Soviet ...

in 1870, he joined the

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in 1903. He participated in revolutionary activities in

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from 1903 until 1910, interrupted by a period of exile in

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. He took part in the December uprising of the

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. In 1909, he graduated from the medical department of

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, and in 1910 he returned to his hometown of Shushi, where he worked as a doctor. He was imprisoned after the capture of Shushi by Ottoman forces during the

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. After the

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, he was released from imprisonment and conducted party and state work in his native Karabakh. In 1921 he became the minister of health of the

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. In 1925 he became the head of government of the

. During Sargis Hambardzumyan's tenure the first stage of economic revival of Armenia ended and several hydroelectric stations were built, including two in

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and one in

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. In 1927 the construction of the

Dzoraget Hydroelectric Power Station The Dzoraget Hydroelectric Power Station () is situated in Dzoraget village, Lori Region, Armenia. The plant is located on the coast of Debed River, but it uses the flows of the waters of Dzoraget River. Construction of the Dzoraget HPP started ...

began. Copper mines in Zangezur and copper foundries in Alaverdi were restored. Sargis Hambarzumyan chaired the Soviet Armenian government until 1928. After this he lived and worked in Moscow until his death in 1944.

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