Avetis Nazarbekian
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Avetis Nazarbekian also known as Nazarbek or Lerents, was an Armenian poet, journalist, political activist and revolutionary, one of the founders of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
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Nazarbekian studied at the St. Petersburg and Paris (Sorbonne) Universities. In the mid 1880s he contributed to the Mkrtich Portukalian's Armenia revolutionary journal, also established close contactes with Russian socialist Georgi Plekhanov
and his organization. In 1887 Nazarbek, his future wife Mariam Vardanian
and their Russian-Armenian friends founded the Hunchakian party and Hunchak newspaper.
Nazarbek translated several works of Karl Marx
, Friedrich Engels
and Plekhanov. In 1923 he moved from Paris
to the United States
, joined the US Communist (Workers) Party.
In 1934 he returned to the Soviet Union.
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party , is the oldest of the Armenian political parties and was the first Socialist party in the Ottoman Empire and in Persia...
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Nazarbekian studied at the St. Petersburg and Paris (Sorbonne) Universities. In the mid 1880s he contributed to the Mkrtich Portukalian's Armenia revolutionary journal, also established close contactes with Russian socialist Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov was a Russian revolutionary and a Marxist theoretician. He was a founder of the Social-Democratic movement in Russia and was one of the first Russians to identify himself as "Marxist." Facing political persecution, Plekhanov emigrated to Switzerland in 1880, where...
and his organization. In 1887 Nazarbek, his future wife Mariam Vardanian
Mariam Vardanian
Mariam Vardanian was an Armenian political activist and revolutionary in the Russian Empire. She was one of the founders of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party....
and their Russian-Armenian friends founded the Hunchakian party and Hunchak newspaper.
Nazarbek translated several works of Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
, Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research...
and Plekhanov. In 1923 he moved from Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, joined the US Communist (Workers) Party.
In 1934 he returned to the Soviet Union.