1. Hovhannes Kajaznuni or Katchaznouni was an Armenian architect and politician who served as the first prime minister of the First Republic of Armenia from 6 June 1918 to 7 August 1919.
16 Facts About Hovhannes Kajaznuni
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni attended secondary school in Tiflis from 1877 to 1886.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni was forced to leave the Caucasus in 1911 to avoid being called to testify at the trial of Armenian Revolutionary Federation members mounted by the Russian government in Saint Petersburg in January 1912.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni lived in Constantinople and then in Van until 1914, when he returned to the Caucasus.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni became a member of the Armenian National Council in 1917 and was an ARF representative in the Seym until 1918.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni was part of the Armenian delegation that conducted peace talks with the Ottoman Empire at the Trebizond Peace Conference, beginning on 14 March 1918.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni accompanied Chkhenkeli as a delegate to the Batum Peace Conference that began on 11 May 1918.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni held this position until 7 August 1919; with the nomination as a prime minister abroad from 5 June 1919.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni was in diplomatic missions in Europe and the United States.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni later returned to Armenia to become chairman of the parliament on 4 November 1920.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni was arrested after the Bolsheviks came to power in December 1920 but was freed during the February 1921 revolt against the Soviet regime.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni taught at the technical department of Yerevan State University, lecturing on construction and architecture.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni became a member of the Armenian Union of Architects.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni prepared a critical report for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party convention held in Bucharest during April 1923 titled Dashnaktsutyun Has Nothing More to Do, which called for the party's support of Soviet Armenia.
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Hovhannes Kajaznuni first published his report in Bucharest in July 1923 under the title Dashnaktsutyun Has Nothing to Do.