FIRST VOLUME OF “WHO IS WHO: ARMENIANS” BIOGRAPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA PUBLISHED

Noyan Tapan
Apr 12 2006

YEREVAN, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The editorial staff of the
Armenian encyclopedia published the first volume of the “Who is
Who: Armenians” biographic encyclopedia. It involves biographies
of all those famous Armenians from the pagan times till our days,
who have had significant achievements in different spheres: science,
culture, policy, etc. Famous figures of the recent 20-25 years who
have founded or developed separate directions of science, culture
and other spheres, have a scientific degree of doctor of sciences,
drafted and built buildings, were honoured with the title of USSR and
RA People’s and Honourary Artist, as well as with highest military
titles, RA President’s state, literary and other prizes, confered
state and other orders, are presented in the encyclopedia. According
to people forming the volume, particularly, separate participants of
the national-liberating movement, Diasporan Armenian public-political
figures were not involved in the “Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia” for
the first time published in Armenian during the years of Soviet power,
what was provided by ideology and policy of time. This omission was
partly completed in the “Armenian Brief Encyclopedia” (in 1991-2003),
but while preparing the “Who is Who: Armenians” encyclopedia, the
publishing house made an attempt to complete all the omissions.