Hrayr Dzhoghk
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| Birth name | Armenak Ghazarian |
| Nickname(s) | Hrayr The Hell |
| Born | 1864 Aharonk village, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 13 April 1904 (aged 39–40) near Geliguzan village, Sasun, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Allegiance |
 Dashnaktsutyun
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| Years of service | late 1880s—1904 |
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Armenian National Liberation Movement
Hrayr Dzhoghk (Armenian: Հրայր Դժոխք, Hrayr The Hell; 1864–13 April 1904), born (Armenak Ghazarian Armenian: Արմենակ Ղազարյան), also known as Hrair, Hrayr, Tjokhk, Djohkh, Dzhokhk, was an Armenian military leader and strategist, fedayee, statesman and teacher, part of the Armenian national liberation movement. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
He was born as Armenak Ghazarian in Aharonk, a village in the Western Armenian Taron canton of Turuberan province. His father was priest Mamprè Ghazarian. Armenak was graduated from the school of Surb Karapet Monastery in Mush during the late 1880s. Later, he studied at the United Armenian College of Mush. He was deeply influenced by the revolutionary ideas of his teacher Mkrtich Saryan. After his graduation, Armenak has worked as a teacher in the Armenian schools of Sasun and Taron. He always wore the traditional Armenian hat of the people of Mush region.
Hrayr and Dzhoghk were his two pen-names, that he used when he contributed articles to the official organ of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Droshak. At the beginning of his revolutionary career in 1890, he joined the Hunchakian Party and worked closely with the party leaders Mihran Damadian and Hampartsoum Boyadjian. Shortly after, he left the Hunchakian Party in 1893 for ideological differences.
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