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Avis Nurijanyan
People's Commissar for Military Affairs of the Armenian SSR
In office December 1920 – May 1921
Preceded by
position established
Succeeded by
Alexander Miasnikian
People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the Armenian SSR
16 September 1938(1938-09-16) (aged 41) Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (1917–1918) Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1918–1927, 1929–1937/8)
Avis (Avetis) Soghomoni Nurijanyan (Armenian: Ավիս Սողոմոնի Նուրիջանյան; 3 December 1896 – 16 September 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician of Armenian origin who served as the People's Commissar for Military Affairs of the Armenian SSR from 1920 to 1921 and People's Commissar for Internal Affairs in 1921. He is infamous for his role in carrying out mass repressions immediately following the Sovietization of Armenia.[1]
^Hakobyan, Tatul (2017-09-14). "Կասյանից՝ Ավիս. հայ բոլշևիկները". CIVILNET (in Armenian). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
Avis (Avetis) Soghomoni Nurijanyan (Armenian: Ավիս Սողոմոնի Նուրիջանյան; 3 December 1896 – 16 September 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet...
Vratsian Garegin Njdeh Suren Tarkhanan Anatoliy Gekker Sarkis Kasyan AvisNurijanyan Units involved Salvation Committee of the Fatherland 11th Red Army...
of Azerbaijan in late April 1920, the Armenian Bolsheviks headed by AvisNurijanyan staged a revolt in May. The events preceding the revolt started on...
Commissar for Military Affairs of Armenia In office 1921–1922 Preceded by AvisNurijanyan Succeeded by Hayk Bzhishkyan Personal details Born (1886-02-09)9 February...
of Azerbaijan in late April 1920, the Armenian Bolsheviks headed by AvisNurijanyan staged a revolt in May. The events preceding the revolt started on...
2 December 1920. The Revolutionary Committee of Armenia appointed AvisNurijanyan as the People's Commissar for Military Affairs on December 5, tasked...
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