Regina Ghazaryan
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Regina Tadevosi Ghazaryan (1915, Yerevan
— 1999, Yerevan
) was an Armenia
n painter and public figure. She is also well-known as Yeghishe Charent's
younger friend, who saved many manuscripts of the Armenian poet during the Stalinism
.
survivors from Van
. She met poet Charents in 1930. After Charent's death she saved many of his manuscripts (including "Requiem to Komitas", "The Nameless", "Songs of Autumn" and "Navzike") in the garden and in 1950's granted them to the Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
. As a military pilot she participated in World War II
.
A memorial plaque was inaugurated on the house in Yerevan where Regina Ghazaryan lived.
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
— 1999, Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
) was an Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n painter and public figure. She is also well-known as Yeghishe Charent's
Yeghishe Charents
Yeghishe Charents was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents was an outstanding poet of the twentieth century, touching upon a multitude of topics that ranged from his experiences in the First World War, socialism, and, more prominently, on Armenia and Armenians.An early champion...
younger friend, who saved many manuscripts of the Armenian poet during the Stalinism
Stalinism
Stalinism refers to the ideology that Joseph Stalin conceived and implemented in the Soviet Union, and is generally considered a branch of Marxist–Leninist ideology but considered by some historians to be a significant deviation from this philosophy...
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Biography
Regina Ghazaryan was born in a family of Armenian GenocideArmenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...
survivors from Van
Van
A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people.In British English usage, it can be either specially designed or based on a saloon or sedan car, the latter type often including derivatives with open backs...
. She met poet Charents in 1930. After Charent's death she saved many of his manuscripts (including "Requiem to Komitas", "The Nameless", "Songs of Autumn" and "Navzike") in the garden and in 1950's granted them to the Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
Charents Museum of Literature and Arts
The Charents Museum of Literature and Arts of Armenia is the largest repository of Armenian manuscripts and books encompassing the last three hundred years....
. As a military pilot she participated in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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A memorial plaque was inaugurated on the house in Yerevan where Regina Ghazaryan lived.