Papers by Natalie Harutyunyan
THE SCIENTIFICAL AND LITERARY HERITAGE
OF PHILOSOPHER MISSAQ KHOSTIKIAN
REPRESSED IN 30TH OF... more THE SCIENTIFICAL AND LITERARY HERITAGE
OF PHILOSOPHER MISSAQ KHOSTIKIAN
REPRESSED IN 30TH OF XX CENTURY IN SOVIET ARMENIA
WHICH WAS CONSIDERED ENTIRELY LOST
(Summary)
NATALYA HARUTUNIAN
The research is dedicated to one of the most enigmatic personality in Soviet Armenia, philosopher, philologist, and historian Missak Khostikian (born in Van,1881, died probably in 1938, location unknown). According to official data, after February 6, 1938, when he was arrested, Khostikian’s scientific and literary works in Armenia disappeared. His name disappeared from Yerevan State University documents too. Though M. Khostikian was rehabilitated in 1956, details of his biography and several files were kept locked in KGB archives untill the late 80s. Still, the most important documents (the file № 4743) are locked in KGB. Fortunately, some of these were filmed for a documentary film featuring his son, the renowned people actor Armen Khostikian (2007).
The biography in the abridged version of the Armenian Encyclopedia is the only data available for the public about M. Khostikian.
Through archival materials and extended research in the Museum of Art and Liuterature, the author discovered significant information about Khostikian which he put together in this report. This report rectifies some information and clarifies other uncertainties regarding Khostikian’s biography. Bakhtiar Hovakimian’s Armenian Pseudonyms Dictionary enabled the author to trace back and uncover a number of Khostikian’s articles and research papers, which she listed and analysed. This shed light on aspects of Khostikian’s philosophical views and his concerns regarding the methodology of educating young Armenian generation. Among the finds were three lectures dated 1913-14 and three textbooks for studying German in Soviet Armenian schools dated 1935-37. However, the scientific works of Khostikian that covered the first fifteen years of the Soviet period in Armenia (1920-1935) and included translations of medieval texts of Armenian philosophers and his comments have not been recovered and could be truly lost.
Khostikian was one of the very first scholars to present a Ph.D dissertation, entitled “David der Philosoph” on the late fifth century Armenian philosopher, David the Invincible, which was presented to Marburg University (Germany) and was defended in Bern University (Switzerland) in 1907.
Harutunian assesses the extent to which Khostikian’s philosophical heritage was evaluated by scholars who wrote about David the Invincible. She believes that through this article she has raised problems, made data available and aimed at triggering further discussions on the problems of black holes and blind spots regarding a number of scholars who disappeared during the Stalin purges.
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Papers by Natalie Harutyunyan
OF PHILOSOPHER MISSAQ KHOSTIKIAN
REPRESSED IN 30TH OF XX CENTURY IN SOVIET ARMENIA
WHICH WAS CONSIDERED ENTIRELY LOST
(Summary)
NATALYA HARUTUNIAN
The research is dedicated to one of the most enigmatic personality in Soviet Armenia, philosopher, philologist, and historian Missak Khostikian (born in Van,1881, died probably in 1938, location unknown). According to official data, after February 6, 1938, when he was arrested, Khostikian’s scientific and literary works in Armenia disappeared. His name disappeared from Yerevan State University documents too. Though M. Khostikian was rehabilitated in 1956, details of his biography and several files were kept locked in KGB archives untill the late 80s. Still, the most important documents (the file № 4743) are locked in KGB. Fortunately, some of these were filmed for a documentary film featuring his son, the renowned people actor Armen Khostikian (2007).
The biography in the abridged version of the Armenian Encyclopedia is the only data available for the public about M. Khostikian.
Through archival materials and extended research in the Museum of Art and Liuterature, the author discovered significant information about Khostikian which he put together in this report. This report rectifies some information and clarifies other uncertainties regarding Khostikian’s biography. Bakhtiar Hovakimian’s Armenian Pseudonyms Dictionary enabled the author to trace back and uncover a number of Khostikian’s articles and research papers, which she listed and analysed. This shed light on aspects of Khostikian’s philosophical views and his concerns regarding the methodology of educating young Armenian generation. Among the finds were three lectures dated 1913-14 and three textbooks for studying German in Soviet Armenian schools dated 1935-37. However, the scientific works of Khostikian that covered the first fifteen years of the Soviet period in Armenia (1920-1935) and included translations of medieval texts of Armenian philosophers and his comments have not been recovered and could be truly lost.
Khostikian was one of the very first scholars to present a Ph.D dissertation, entitled “David der Philosoph” on the late fifth century Armenian philosopher, David the Invincible, which was presented to Marburg University (Germany) and was defended in Bern University (Switzerland) in 1907.
Harutunian assesses the extent to which Khostikian’s philosophical heritage was evaluated by scholars who wrote about David the Invincible. She believes that through this article she has raised problems, made data available and aimed at triggering further discussions on the problems of black holes and blind spots regarding a number of scholars who disappeared during the Stalin purges.
OF PHILOSOPHER MISSAQ KHOSTIKIAN
REPRESSED IN 30TH OF XX CENTURY IN SOVIET ARMENIA
WHICH WAS CONSIDERED ENTIRELY LOST
(Summary)
NATALYA HARUTUNIAN
The research is dedicated to one of the most enigmatic personality in Soviet Armenia, philosopher, philologist, and historian Missak Khostikian (born in Van,1881, died probably in 1938, location unknown). According to official data, after February 6, 1938, when he was arrested, Khostikian’s scientific and literary works in Armenia disappeared. His name disappeared from Yerevan State University documents too. Though M. Khostikian was rehabilitated in 1956, details of his biography and several files were kept locked in KGB archives untill the late 80s. Still, the most important documents (the file № 4743) are locked in KGB. Fortunately, some of these were filmed for a documentary film featuring his son, the renowned people actor Armen Khostikian (2007).
The biography in the abridged version of the Armenian Encyclopedia is the only data available for the public about M. Khostikian.
Through archival materials and extended research in the Museum of Art and Liuterature, the author discovered significant information about Khostikian which he put together in this report. This report rectifies some information and clarifies other uncertainties regarding Khostikian’s biography. Bakhtiar Hovakimian’s Armenian Pseudonyms Dictionary enabled the author to trace back and uncover a number of Khostikian’s articles and research papers, which she listed and analysed. This shed light on aspects of Khostikian’s philosophical views and his concerns regarding the methodology of educating young Armenian generation. Among the finds were three lectures dated 1913-14 and three textbooks for studying German in Soviet Armenian schools dated 1935-37. However, the scientific works of Khostikian that covered the first fifteen years of the Soviet period in Armenia (1920-1935) and included translations of medieval texts of Armenian philosophers and his comments have not been recovered and could be truly lost.
Khostikian was one of the very first scholars to present a Ph.D dissertation, entitled “David der Philosoph” on the late fifth century Armenian philosopher, David the Invincible, which was presented to Marburg University (Germany) and was defended in Bern University (Switzerland) in 1907.
Harutunian assesses the extent to which Khostikian’s philosophical heritage was evaluated by scholars who wrote about David the Invincible. She believes that through this article she has raised problems, made data available and aimed at triggering further discussions on the problems of black holes and blind spots regarding a number of scholars who disappeared during the Stalin purges.