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==Biography== |
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Leo was born in [[Shusha]] on [[April 14]], [[1860]], then a part of the [[Russian Empire]]. He graduated from the local school there in 1878. Due to the untimely death of his father Grigor, Leo was unable to attend university to receive higher education and stayed in the region to support his family.<ref>Hacikyan et al. ''Heritage of Armenian Literature'', p. 506.</ref> He took up several jobs in Shusha and [[Baku]] as a notary clerk, [[telegraphist]], and the manager of a publishing press called ''Aror'' (''Wooden Plough'').<ref name="SAE"/> From 1895 to 1906, Leo worked as a journalist and secretary in [[Tiflis]] for the prominent Armenian-language paper ''Mshak'' (''Tiller'').<ref>Leo would later become the editor of ''Mshak'' in 1918.</ref> In 1906, he began teaching at the Gevorkyan Religious Seminary at [[Etchmiadzin]], although he returned to Tiflis a year later, dedicating himself to academic work.<ref name="SAE"/> |
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Politically, Leo was opposed to the policies of the Armenian [[Dashnaktsutyun]] political party and was a member of the Populist (Zhoghovrdakan) Party, joining it in 1917.<ref>{{cite book |
Politically, Leo was opposed to the policies of the Armenian [[Dashnaktsutyun]] political party and was a member of the Populist (Zhoghovrdakan) Party, joining it in 1917.<ref>{{cite book |
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| isbn = 0-3120-4230-2}}Soviet sources, however, contend that Leo belonged to no political parties.</ref> Other prominent positions Leo held include being an adviser to the Seim delegation which held negotiations with the Turks in [[Trebizond]] in March 1918 and the president of the Karabakh Armenian Patriotic Association from 1918 to 1920.<ref>Walker. ''Armenia'', p. 430.</ref> |
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Arakel Babakhanian | |
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| Born | April 14, 1860 |
| Died | November 14, 1932 (aged 72) |
| Known for | History of Armenia (Hayots Patmutyun) (three volumes) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Yerevan State University |
Arakel Grigori Babakhanian (Armenian: Առաքել Գրիգորի Բաբախանյան, commonly known as Leo (Armenian: Լեո); April 14 [O.S. April 2] 1860 – November 14, 1932) was an Armenian historian, publicist, writer, critic and professor of Yerevan State University (from 1925). He is recognized as an authoritative historian on Armenia and is best known as the author of the multivolume History of Armenia.[1] Leo addressed the difficult issues of Armenian history, history of literature and many key issues of the early 20th century.[2]
Biography
Leo was born in Shusha on April 14, 1860, then a part of the Russian Empire. He graduated from the local school there in 1878. Due to the untimely death of his father Grigor, Leo was unable to attend university to receive higher education and stayed in the region to support his family.[3] He took up several jobs in Shusha and Baku as a notary clerk, telegraphist, and the manager of a publishing press called Aror (Wooden Plough).[2] From 1895 to 1906, Leo worked as a journalist and secretary in Tiflis for the prominent Armenian-language paper Mshak (Tiller).[4] In 1906, he began teaching at the Gevorkyan Religious Seminary at Etchmiadzin, although he returned to Tiflis a year later, dedicating himself to academic work.[2]
Politically, Leo was opposed to the policies of the Armenian Dashnaktsutyun political party and was a member of the Populist (Zhoghovrdakan) Party, joining it in 1917.[5] Other prominent positions Leo held include being an adviser to the Seim delegation which held negotiations with the Turks in Trebizond in March 1918 and the president of the Karabakh Armenian Patriotic Association from 1918 to 1920.[6]
Academic career
Leo's education and knowledge was based almost solely on self-erudition.[7] He had welcomed the sovietization of Armenia in 1920 and offered his services to the newly established state. In 1924, he was invited Yerevan to teach as a professor at Yerevan State University in the field of Armenian studies. He already had worked for numerous publishing houses and published several books on Armenian history but his three volume work, History of Armenia (Patmutyun Hayots, vol. I, Tiflis, 1917; vols. II and III, Yerevan, 1946-1947), is perhaps the most notable.[2][8] After Soviet Russian writer Andrei Bitov visited Yerevan in 1960, he remarked that "he did not enter any house which did not have the familiar three volumes of Leo's History of Armenia."[9] Leo's History traces Armenian history from its beginnings until the end of the nineteenth century, with the exception of the time stretching from the 11th to the 15th centuries (the third volume began from the 16th century, whereas the second volume had ended in the 11th).[10] The work reserves a particular importance to the political, cultural and social issues that surrounded Armenian life and the role Armenia's neighbors played in the country's history.
Notes
- ^ Hacikyan, Agop J (2005). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, vol. 3. Detroit: Wayne State University. p. 508. ISBN 0-8143-3221-8.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d Template:Hy icon Harutyunyan, Shmavon R. and Ashot K. Ohanyan. «Լեո» (Leo). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. iv. Yerevan: Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1978, pp. 566-567.
- ^ Hacikyan et al. Heritage of Armenian Literature, p. 506.
- ^ Leo would later become the editor of Mshak in 1918.
- ^ Walker, Christopher J (1990). Armenia: The Survival of a Nation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 430. ISBN 0-3120-4230-2.Soviet sources, however, contend that Leo belonged to no political parties.
- ^ Walker. Armenia, p. 430.
- ^ Template:Hy icon Nersisyan, Mkrtich. "Professor Leo's Legacy in Historiography" in Երկերի ժողովածու (Collected Works). Grigoryan, Z., H. Tamrazyan et al. (eds.) vol. i. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Hayastan Publishing, 1966, pp. iv-vii.
- ^ Hacikyan et al. Heritage of Armenian Literature, p. 507.
- ^ Griffin, Nicholas (2004). Caucasus: A Journey to the Land between Christianity and Islam. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-2263-0859-6.
- ^ Nersisyan. "Professor Leo's Legacy", p. viii.
Additional reading
- Template:Hy icon Ohanyan, Ashot K. Լեոյի գեղարվեստական ստեղծագործությունը (Leo's Artistic Work). Yerevan, 1969.
- Template:Hy icon Leo. Երկերի ժողովածու (Collected Works). 10 volumes. Yerevan, 1966-1973.