Harutiun Shahrigian
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| Native name | Armenian: Յարութիւն Շահրիկեան (Ատոմ) |
| Birth name | Harutiun Shahrigian Mkrtichi |
| Nickname(s) | Atom, Adom, Nitra |
| Born | 1860 Shabin-Karahisar, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1915 (aged 54–55) Ankara, Ottoman Empire |
| Allegiance |
 Dashnaktsutyun
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| Years of service | 1880–1915 |
| Battles/wars |
Armenian national liberation movement Khanasor Expedition Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–07 |
Harutiun Shahrigian (Armenian: Հարություն Մկրտիչի Շահրիկյան; 1860 – 1915) was an Armenian politician, soldier, lawyer, and author.
Better known by nicknames Atom, (Armenian: Ատոմ), Nitra (Armenian: Նիթրա), he had a prominent role in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and was also a member of the Armenian National Assembly, a lawyer and author of publications on the Armenian Question. He was a victim of the Armenian Genocide.
Haruiun Shahrigian was born in 1860 in Shabin-Karahisar, Sivas Vilayet in the Ottoman Empire—today in Turkey's Giresun Province.
Shahrigian graduated from Galatasaray High School located in Constantinople. He continued his studies at the University of Constantinople, graduating with a degree in law in 1880.
He settled in Trabzon where he worked as a lawyer from 1889 to 1895. During his career he defended Armenians imprisoned for political activity.
He was imprisoned during the Hamidian massacres in 1895. In 1897, after spending thirteen months in prison, he escaped and settled in Batumi, ultimately moving to Tiflis. There Shahrigian continued his legal career, working in association with Alexander Mantashev.
On 25 July 1897, he left to Salmas, Persia in order to coordinate the Khanasor Expedition organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
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