1. Arshavir Shirakian was an Armenian writer and assassin who was noted for his assassination of Said Halim Pasha and Cemal Azmi as an act of vengeance for their roles in the Armenian genocide.
12 Facts About Arshavir Shirakian
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Arshavir Shirakian's memoirs, It was the Will for the Martyrs, is a description of his life during the Armenian genocide and the Operation Nemesis.
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Arshavir Shirakian was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, in 1900.
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Arshavir Shirakian would describe in his memoirs that during those days, there were many hate rallies against Armenians and that many Armenian establishments were vandalized such as the Tokatlian Hotel.
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Arshavir Shirakian was given the task to assassinate Said Halim Pasha while he was in exile in Rome, Italy.
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Arshavir Shirakian took up residence in a house Via Cola di Rienzo 28 in Rome.
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On December 6,1921, Arshavir Shirakian assassinated Said Halim Pasha while he was in a taxi on the home on Via Eustachio.
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Arshavir Shirakian eventually married his wife Kayane and moved to New York in 1923, where they had a daughter, Sonia.
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Arshavir Shirakian published his memoirs in 1965 entitled Ktakn er Nahataknerun.
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Arshavir Shirakian is buried in the Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey.
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Arshavir Shirakian is recognized and honored as a national hero by Armenians.
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Arshavir Shirakian is survived by three children: Elizabeth Poston, Melineh Verma, and Arshavir Blackwell.