Yervand Lalayan
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| Born | 25 March [O.S. 13 March] 1864 |
| Died | 24 February 1931 (aged 66) |
Yervand Lalayan (Armenian: Երվանդ Լալայան, 25 March [O.S. 13 March] 1864 – 24 February 1931) was an Armenian ethnographer, archaeologist, folklorist.[1] He was also the founder and the first director of the History Museum of Armenia from 1919 to 1927.
Biography
In 1885 he left
Mkhitarians of Venice
.
Returning to Armenia, in 1895-1897 he worked in the diocesan school of
Leo, Melikset bek, S. Lisitsyan, Kh. Samuelyan, S. Zelinski, etc., he founded the periodical Azgagrakan Handes (Armenian
: Ազգագագրական Հանդես, "Ethnographic Magazine") in 1896.
On November 21, 1900 he founded the Armenian Ethnographic publishing house in
Tiflis to Yerevan
in 1921.
Works
Lalayan's works were regularly published in "Azgagrakan Handes" in 1897-1916. They included:
- "Javakhk",
- "Varanda",
- "The Province of Zanguezur",
- "The Province of Gandzak",
- "The Province of Borchalu",
- "Vayots Dzor",
- "Nakhijevan or Nakhchavan Prefecture",
- "The Province of Nor Bayazet or Gegharkunik",
- "Ritual Rites among the Armenians",
- "The Excavations of Burial Mounds in Soviet Armenia" (Yerevan, 1931)
comprise only a part of his rich scientific heritage.
References
- ^ Лалаян Ерванд Александрович in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
- YERVAND LALAYAN in the History Museum of Armenia: Notable Personalities of the Museum
- [1] Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, volume 4, p. 475
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