Alexander Bekzadyan

Alexander Bekzadyan
Ալեքսանդր Բեկզադյան
Bekzadyan in 1909
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Hungary
In office
17 November 1934 – 20 November 1937
Preceded byAdolf Petrovsky
Succeeded byVictor Plotnikov
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Norway
In office
30 October 1930 – 17 November 1934
Preceded byAlexandra Kollontay
Succeeded byIgnaty Yakubovich
People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the Armenian SSR
In office
29 November 1920 – 1 May 1921
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAskanaz Mravyan
Personal details
Born(1879-09-15)15 September 1879
Shushi, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1 August 1938(1938-08-01) (aged 58)
Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR

Alexander Artemyevich Bekzadyan (Russian: Александр Артемьевич Бекзадян; Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Հարությունի Բեկզադյան, romanizedAlexander Harutyuni Bekzadyan; 15 September 1879 – 1 August 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman of Armenian descent.[1] After serving as Soviet ambassador to Norway and Hungary he was murdered during the Great Purge.

  1. ^ "Bekzadyan Alexander Artemyevich". Archived from the original on 2020-02-15.