Ruben Khan-Azat
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Ruben Khan-Azat was an Armenia
n political activist, one of the founders and leaders of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
.
Khanazat studied at the Geneva University, then in 1889 moved to Constantinople
and Western Armenia
and organized first Hunchakian political groups, iniciated the Kum Kapu Affray. He supported the idea of Armenian partie's (Hunchak and Dashnak) unity, welcomed the cooperation between the Armenian and Greek organizations. In 1893-95 he worked in USA, then in Russia
, he became one of the supporters of Zeitun Resistance
, collected money to help his compatriots, and was arrested in 1895. After he released in 1901, he left political life. Khanazat saw that Russia and Western countries never condemned the Hamidian Massacres
, and that Armenian armed power is not united to stop this violence.
He wrote the "Memoirs of an Armenian revolutionaire" and published them in 1927-29.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n political activist, one of the founders and leaders of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
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...
.
Khanazat studied at the Geneva University, then in 1889 moved to Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
and Western Armenia
Western Armenia
Western Armenia is a term, primarily used by Armenians, to refer to Armenian-inhabited areas of the Armenian Highland that were part of the Ottoman Empire and now are part of the Republic of Turkey....
and organized first Hunchakian political groups, iniciated the Kum Kapu Affray. He supported the idea of Armenian partie's (Hunchak and Dashnak) unity, welcomed the cooperation between the Armenian and Greek organizations. In 1893-95 he worked in USA, then in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, he became one of the supporters of Zeitun Resistance
Zeitun Resistance
The Zeitun Resistance by the Armenian militia against the Ottoman Empire may refer to:*Zeitun Rebellion in 1895–1896, First Zeitun Resistance.*Second Zeitun Resistance....
, collected money to help his compatriots, and was arrested in 1895. After he released in 1901, he left political life. Khanazat saw that Russia and Western countries never condemned the Hamidian Massacres
Hamidian massacres
The Hamidian massacres , also referred to as the Armenian Massacres of 1894–1896, refers to the massacring of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire, with estimates of the dead ranging from anywhere between 80,000 to 300,000, and at least 50,000 orphans as a result...
, and that Armenian armed power is not united to stop this violence.
He wrote the "Memoirs of an Armenian revolutionaire" and published them in 1927-29.