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GIULKHANDANIAN, ABRAHAM (nr Yerevan 1875 – Paris
1946) Educated Echmiadzin seminary. Went on to study law. Joined
Dashnak party in 1894. Active in Baku region, especially during Armeno–Tatar
conflicts of 1905. Arrested by the authorities, and briefly jailed.
Among the organisers of the volunteer units in 1914. Worked with
Rostom during 1917–18. Member of Armenian Parliament; minister of
information and posts in Khatisian's government; also minister of
justice. In Khatisian's delegation that signed the treaty of
Alexandropol, December 1920. To Romania after Sovietisation of
Armenia; afterwards to Paris. During the second world war he was
vice-president of the 'Armenian National Council' in Berlin which came
to an agreement with the Nazis. Arrested by the French on the
termination of the war. Died 1 January 1946. Author of books on the
Caucasus, the Armeno–Tatar conflict, Armenian revolutionary women, etc
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armenian-history.com
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