Varazdat Harutyunyan

Varazdat Harutyunyan(alsoHarutiunian,Armenian:Վարազդատ Հարությունյան;29 November 1909 inVan– 20 March 2008 inYerevan) was an Armenian academic, architect and writer.

Varazdat Harutyunyan after getting St. Gregory the Illuminator Medal fromKarekin I,Catholicos of All Armenians (from left: Varazdat Harutyunyan, architectBaghdasar ArzoumanianandKarekin I).

Architectural Commission of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin (1970-1988).
First row from left:Varazdat Harutyunyan,CatholicosVazgen I,K. Altunyan
Second row from left:B. Arzoumanian,H. Babakhanian,Grigor Khanjyan,Artsrun Galikyan, M. Hovhannisyan

Biography

Harutyunyan was born in theOttoman Empire,in the town ofVan,but he and his family were forced to flee into Russian territory during theArmenian genocide.They settled first inTbilisiand then inYerevan.In 1946, he obtained his Ph.D., and then Doctor of Science in architecture. In 1964, he became a professor of history. In 1996 he was elected Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. InArmenia,he was also president of the Society for Protection of Historical Monuments.

He was the author of over 40 books and over 800 articles, mostly onArmenian architecture.

External links

• Life of Academician Varazdat HarutyunyanArmenian:ՀՀԳԱԱ ԱԿԱԴԵՄԻԿՈՍ ՎԱՐԱԶԴԱՏ ՀԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՅԱՆԻ ԿԱՅՔ
• Academic and Architect Varazdat Harutyunyan speaking about Baghdasar Arzoumanian (April, 2007, in Armenian)onYouTube