John Kirakosyan
| John Kirakosyan | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Armenian SSR | |
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In office 1975–1985 |
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| Preceded by | Kamo Udumian |
| Succeeded by | Anatoly Mkrtchyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 6, 1929 Yerevan |
| Died | June 20, 1985 (aged 56) Yerevan |
| Nationality | Soviet Armenians |
| Occupation | politician |
| Profession | historian and political scientist |
John Kirakosyan (Armenian: Ջոն Կիրակոսյան; May 6, 1929 – June 20, 1985) was a Soviet Armenian historian and political scientist. He was a Doctor of Historical Sciences and a Professor at Yerevan State University, where he headed the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
Kirakosyan was born in Yerevan, the capital of Soviet Armenia, in 1929. From 1955 till 1962, he contributed to the periodical of the Communist Party of Armenia, "Leninyan Ughiov". From 1962 till 1966 he was head of the propaganda division of the party's Central Committee, and from 1966 till 1969 he served as chairman of the state committee of the Armenian SSR on television and radiobroadcasting. From 1969 till 1975 he was head of the science and education division of the party, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Armenian SSR from 1975 until his death in 1985.
Amongst his scientific works are numerous research papers and several lengthy treatises that constitute a major contribution to the understanding of key aspects of Armenian history.
In 1954 Kirakosyan successfully defended his thesis at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which was dedicated to the subject of British intervention in Iran in 1919-1921. In 1957 his work "A heroic page in the national liberation struggle of the Indian people" appeared in print, in which he focused on one of the most important events of India's national liberation struggle - the Sepoy Mutiny, which the Armenian community of India also took part in.
Beginning in the 1960s, Kirakosyan conducted in-depth research into the most complex and tragic events in the history of Western Armenia, uncovering little-known and poorly studied aspects of the Armenian Question. This would be a passion of his for the rest of his life.
In 1965 Kirakosyan's major work "The First World War and the Western Armenians" was published. The book was published a total of three times (in 1965 and 1967 in Armenian, and in 1971 in Russian). In 1972 his work "Armenia in the documents of international diplomacy and Soviet foreign policy" appeared in print. His final major work was the two-volume monograph "The Young Turks before the law court of history" (1982 and 1983). For these major works the author was awarded a State Prize of the Armenian SSR.
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