Avis Nurijanyan
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.
Avis Nurijanyan | |
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| 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 | |
| In office July 1921 – August 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Poghos Makintsyan |
| Succeeded by | Shavarsh Amirkhanyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1896 Vachagan, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kapan, Armenia) |
| Died | 16 September 1938 (aged 41) Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Armenian Revolutionary Federation (1917–1918) Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1918–1927, 1929–1937/8) |
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