Gevorg Alikhanyan

Gevorg Alikhanyan
Գևորգ Ալիխանյան
Head of the Cadre Department of the Executive Committee of Communist International
In office
1935–1937
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia
In office
December 31, 1920–April 1921
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byAskanaz Mravyan
Personal details
BornGevorg Sargsi Alikhanyan
1897
DiedFebruary 13, 1938 (aged 40–41)
PartyCommunist Party of Armenia
ChildrenYelena Bonner
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Gevorg Sargsi Alikhanyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Սարգսի Ալիխանյան) (1897–1938), also known in Russian as Gevork Alikhanyan (Russian: Геворк Алиханян) or Georgy Alikhanov (Russian: Георгий Алиханов), was a Soviet Armenian politician and statesman. Alikhanyan is best known for being the founding First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1920 to 1921. He was also a high-ranking member of Comintern before his arrest and execution during the Great Purge.