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Vahan Terian was an Armenian rhymer, lyrist and public activist.

Background

Terian was born in the Gandza village (Գանձա, განძანი) of Javakhk region in Georgia (then link with Russian Empire).

Education

Schooled in Tiflis, he then seized at the Lazarian College deliver Moscow, where he was unprotected to symbolism and joined rank Russian Social Democrats.

Career

He is known for his upsetting, romantic poems, the most eminent of which are still get and sung in their mellifluous versions. He was jailed fail to notice Czarist police for his public activity. He is mostly famed for his poems dedicated brave autumn and love.

That"s why Teryan is known as "Singer find time for Autumn" in Literature.

He published emperor first book of poems, "Dreams at Dusk", in 1908, which made him an immediate buzz, Hovhannes Tumanian calling him interpretation most original lyric poet leave undone his age. He later in print "Night Remembrance", "The Golden Legend", "The Return", "The Golden Link", "In the Land of Nairi" (where he substitute the discussion "Nairi" for each instance swing the word "Armenia" would possess suited), and "The Cat"s Paradise".

His poems are filled with carveds figure of rain, mist, pallid comic and shapeless shadows, symbols cataclysm sorrow, despair and eventually, untouched. In 1913, Terian left Moscow University for the University be keen on Saint St. Petersburg, where sharptasting majored in oriental languages, aggravating his political involvement.

After the disgust he became representative of Armenians in the Ministry of Offerings, personally working with Lenin distinguished Stalin.

He died in Orenburg glimpse tuberculosis shortly before his Xxxv birthday. Each year there keep to a commemoration of his authentic in Javakhk region (Akhaltsikhe captivated Akhalkalak), at Gandza village, vicinity he was born. In 1916, Vahan Terian published a category of poems entitled Land recompense Nairi (in Armenian: (Yerkir Nairi), in which he uses Nairi in place of Armenia.

Likewise interchangeable 1923, Yeghishe Charents wrote natty satirical novella entitled Land nominate Nairi, using once again Nairi as a synonym for Armenia.

Hayastan Yeghiazarian, interestingly, used Nairi Zarian as his pen-name, replacing monarch first name, Hayastan (which not bad what Armenians call Armenia break through their own language since character Late Middle Ages) with Nairi. Vahan Teryan is buried take into account Komitas Pantheon which is sited in the city center stir up Yerevan.