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Hovhannes Katchaznouni
Յովհաննէս Քաջազնունի
File:Hovhannes Katchaznouni.jpg
1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
In office
May 30, 1918 – May 28, 1919
Succeeded byAlexander Khatisyan
Personal details
Born1868
Akhaltsikhe, Georgia (then part of the Russian Empire)
Died1938
Yerevan, Armenian SSR
NationalityArmenian
Political partyArmenian Revolutionary Federation

Hovhannes Katchaznouni (Armenian: Յովհաննէս Քաջազնունի) (Akhaltsikhe, Georgia 1868 – Yerevan, Armenia 1938) was the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia from May 30, 1918 to May 28, 1919. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.

Personal life

The members of the First Cabinet, Aram Manougian, Drastamat Kanayan, Hovhannes Katchaznouni

He was born in 1868 in the Akhaltsikhe region of present-day Georgia. Having studied architecture, he worked as an architect in Baku. He joined the Dashnak organization there. He became a member of the Armenian National Council in 1917 and was the Dashnak representative in the Seym (the Caucasian Parliament) until 1918. He was on the Armenian committee that conducted peace talks with the Ottoman Empire in Trabzon and Batoum. After the dissolution of the Transcaucasian Federation, he became the first Prime Minister of the independent Armenian state in 1918. He held this position until August 1919. He was arrested after the Bolsheviks came to power in Armenia in 1920. He left Armenia after the counter-revolutionary revolt against Bolshevik rule was suppressed in 1921. Years later, he returned to Soviet Armenia, to work there as an architect until his death in 1938.

The ARF Has Nothing To Do Anymore (book)

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnagtzoutiun) Has Nothing To Do Anymore, also called The Manifesto of Hovhannes Katchaznouni (1923) is a book allegedly written by Hovhannes Katchaznouni. The booklet is controversial because it has been cited to support marginal arguments, such as the claim that Ottoman Armenians deserved their fate.

An historian from Istanbul University named Mehmet Perinçek.[1] claimed to have found an unabridged copy of the book, printed in Tblisi in 1927, in the Russian State Library.[2] Perinçek claimed to be the first person to have entered the Russian state archives due to a simple lack of applications,[3] and that he has spent seven years studying them.[4] Following the discovery, the booklet was republished by Kaynak Yayınları (Kaynak Press), Istanbul, in several languages as part of a book series titled "The Lie of 'Armenian Genocide' in Armenian Documents".[5]

Origins

There is no manuscript, and the original book does not exist. It is stated in the Kaynak Press republished version of the book that it is a translation from an abridged English translation made by Matthew Aram Callender, and edited by Avedis Boghos Derounian. The English translation is claimed in the book as emanated from the New York branch of the AGBU's Armenian Information Service. It is also stated in its preface that "the original was written in Armenian by H. Katchaznouni himself and then translated into Russian and printed in Tblisi in 1927" and also can be read that "remaining copies have been systematically expunged".[6]

History

It is written in the preface of the republished version of the book that the purpose of the supposed author (Hovhannes Katchaznouni) was to present it as a report to the 1923 ARF Congress in Bucharest. The book is a call for the dissolution of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party and the support of Soviet Armenia. It is stated in the Internet, that after the presentation of it in the Congress, it immediately drew rebuke from the party.[7]

Authenticity

The authenticity of the book is still not investigated by any scholar. Anyhow, the book is not findable in any online catalog of the biggest libraries of London[8][9] and even not findable in the Russian State Library online archives (which must be actually the authentic "source" for the book)[10]. Also, the Armenian General Benevolent Union's Official Webpage does not match any results by searching "Katchaznouni", "Kachaznouni", "Katchaznuni" or "Kachaznuni", so does not match anything related to the book, which might be strange when the book is claimed as translated and edited by people of the organization.[11] It is important to cite that most of the sources that cite this book found in Internet are from Turkish pages or revisionist pages[12]. Some authors inspired their books in this pamphlet, basing parts of them in it, but they use as source the solely contents of the pamphlet, which explain that they may used it only for their own purposes.[13][14][15][16] It is believed by people alike who defend the authenticity of the booklet that "its elusive nature can be attributed to the fact that the 1923 ARF Congress was secret and closed to the public with little information about its circumstances being released"[17] and "that remaining copies have been systematically expunged" (as stated in the Kaynak Press republished version of the book's preface [1]).

Bibliography

  • Katchaznouni, Hovhannes (1955). John Roy Carlson (Arthur A. Derounian) (ed.). The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnagtzoutiun) Has Nothing to Do Anymore. Translated by Matthew A. Callender. New York: Armenian Information Service. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

References

  1. ^ "Doktora: 2007-2008". ÖĞRENCİLER. İ.Ü. Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü. 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  2. ^ Özdemir, Sadi (2007-11-02). "Ermeni isyanını Perinçek buldu İTO ABD'ye gönderiyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. ^ Arman, Ayşe (2001-06-10). "En yakışıklı bilimsel sosyalist". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. ^ Sazak, Derya (2006-05-08). "Soykırım değil 'karşılıklı kırım'". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. ^ Books by 'Hovhannes Katchaznouni', Kaynak Press
  6. ^ 'The Manifesto of Hovhannes Katchaznouni', Kaynak Press
  7. ^ Gakavian, Armen (1997), "ARMENIAN DIASPORAN IDENTITY REIMAGINED, 1915-1985", PhD Thesis, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney, retrieved 2008-09-02, ...the former Prime Minister of Armenia, Hovhannes Kachaznouni, published a book, The ARF Has Nothing More to Do, and migrated to Soviet Armenia. As the title suggests, Kachaznouni argued that the ARF and the other parties had no role to play in Armenian political life, now that Armenia was Bolshevik. The opponents of the ARF, of course, capitalised on this. In the same year, a response was written to Kachaznouni by high-ranking party member Rouben Darbinian, who argued that Kachaznouni was wrong to give up hope, because Sovietisation would be short lived, and the ARF needed to continue the struggle for freedom. {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  8. ^ http://entrypoint.bl.uk/Results.aspx?query=Katchaznouni&imageField.x=0&imageField.y=0&Web=True&ILS=True&CB=True&BLD=True
  9. ^ http://lms1.londonlibrary.co.uk/F/AFAPF1PV63PNU1GS2LGP2N2TP7Y1QRNSUL66P7NGHRXJBUI28L-01114?func=find-a&find_code=WAU&request=Katchaznouni&request_op=AND&find_code=WTI&request=&request_op=AND&find_code=WRD&request=&x=40&y=14
  10. ^ http://old.rsl.ru:8080/results.jsp?f=1016&t=3&e=Cp1251&i18n=en&v0=Katchaznouni&c=5&c=8&x=0&y=0
  11. ^ AGBU's Official Webpage
  12. ^ http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q=The+Armenian+Revolutionary+Federation+(Dashnagtzoutiun)+Has+Nothing+To+Do+Anymore&btnG=Buscar+con+Google&meta=
  13. ^ Tölölyan, Khachig (1992). L. Winberg (ed.). "Terrorism in modern Armenian political culture". Terrorism and Political Violence. 4 (2). Routledge: 8–22. doi:10.1080/09546559208427146. ...the Party Congress of the ARF (Bucharest and Vienna), November 1992 to April 1923... {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  14. ^ Weinberg, Leonard (1992). Political parties and terrorist groups. Routledge. pp. 15–17. ISBN 9780714634913. (pg.15) ... the Party Congress of the ARF (Bucharest and Vienna, November 1922 to April 1923)... (pg.16) Only months after the congress, published an expanded version of his arguments, which had not been heeded at the Vienna Convention. The book, Dashnagzootyune Anelik Chooni Aylevs (The ARF No Longer Has Anything To Do, Vienna : Mekhitarist Press, 1923), is a landmark of the party's history. It was banned from party clubs and libraries for decades afterwards...(pg.17) The party, he suggested, should dissolve itself and its former members should join new organizations specifically directed at serving the post-genocide diaspora.
  15. ^ Svajian, Stephen G (1977). A trip through historic Armenia. GreenHill. p. 418. ...the manifesto to the 'Dashnag Party Congress' in Bucharest, April 1923.
    His manifesto is entitled, 'Dashnaktzoutune Has Nothing To Do Any More.'
  16. ^ Bast, Oliver (2002). La Perse et la Grande Guerre. Institut français de recherche en Iran. ISBN 9782909961231. ...book which was originally 'a manifesto' he had presented to the convention of the foreign branches of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Bucharest, 1923)
  17. ^ Vosbikian, Joseph (1995-12-16). "The ARF World Congress, Then and Now". Armenian Reporter. As for the 1923 ARF convention and the 1995 26th World Congress of the ARF, both were highly secret and closed to the public; we were solely dependent on the information that has leaked out since and the recent public statements coming from their central bureau.

See also

Preceded by
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 Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
1918-1919 		Succeeded by
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