Komitas Pantheon
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| Established | 1936 |
| Location | Arshakuniats Avenue, Shengavit, Yerevan, Armenia |
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| Type | private |
| Number of graves | 59 |
| Website | Komitas Pantheon |
| Find a Grave | findagrave.com |
Komitas Park and Pantheon (Armenian: Կոմիտասի անվան զբոսայգի և պանթեոն)[1] is located in Yerevan's Shengavit District, on the right side of the main Arshakunyats Avenue, in Armenia. Many outstanding figures of Armenia's artistic world are buried here, including Komitas (1869-1935), the founder of Armenian national music, after whom it is named.
All memorials from Komitas Panthon are available for viewing on a genealogical website.
Notable interments
The grave of Sergei Parajanov
The grave of William Saroyan
There are 59 burials at the Komitas Panthoen.[2] Below is the list of some of the more notable burials:[3]
| Name | Date | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| Vardan Ajemian | 1905–1977 | theatrical director and actor |
| Mariam Aslamazian | 1907–2006 | painter |
| Vahagn Davtyan (see image) | 1922–1996 | writer |
| Hovhannes Hovhannisyan | 1864–1929 | poet, translator, educator |
| Karen Demirchyan | 1932–1999 | politician |
| Avetik Isahakyan | 1875–1957 | lyric poet, writer |
| Silva Kaputikyan | 1919–2006 | poet |
| Aram Khachaturian | 1903–1978 | composer |
| Sero Khanzadyan | 1916–1998 | writer |
| Atabek Khnkoyan | 1870–1935 | writer |
| Komitas | 1869–1935 | priest, composer, singer |
| Shushanik Kurghinian | 1876–1927 | poet |
| Romanos Melikian | 1883–1935 | composer |
| Mher Mkrtchyan | 1930–1993 | actor |
| Hrachia Nersisyan | 1895–1961 | film actor |
| Vrtanes Papazian | 1866–1920 | writer, political and cultural activist |
| Sergei Parajanov | 1924–1990 | film director and artist |
| Hamo Sahyan | 1914–1993 | poet and translator |
| Sos Sargsyan[4] | 1929-2013 | actor |
| William Saroyan | 1908–1981 | dramatist and author |
| Martiros Saryan | 1880–1972 | painter |
| Hovhannes Shiraz | 1915–1984 | poet |
| Alexander Shirvanzade | 1858–1935 | playwright and novelist |
| Alexander Tamanian | 1878–1936 | neoclassical architect |
| Vahan Terian | 1885–1920 | poet, lyrist and public activist |
| Bedros Tourian (only the skull)[5] | 1851–1872 | poet |
| Stepan Zoryan | 1889–1967 | writer |
See also
References
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