Sarkis Kasyan | |
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| Սարգիս Կասյան | |
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| Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Armenian SSR | |
| In office July 1928 – December 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Artashes Karinyan |
| Succeeded by | Armen Ananyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1876 Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | December 11, 1937 (aged 61) Unknown |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1937) |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Armenia |
| Alma mater | Berlin University |
| Occupation | Publicist, writer |
Sarkis Hovhannesi Kasyan or Kasian (Qosyan, Armenian: Սարգիս Հովհաննեսի Կասյան (Քոսեան), January 28 [O.S. January 16], 1876, Shusha - December 11, 1937) was an Armenian Soviet statesman, politician, publicist and journalist.[1]
He was arrested and later shot in 1937 during the Great Purge. He was posthumously rehabilitated.
- ^ Касьян Саркис Иванович in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library