Khoren Abrahamyan

Khoren Abrahamyan studied at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. The field of work recorded is actor. Employment is recorded with Sundukyan State Academic Theatre and Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Distinctions recorded are USSR State Prize, People's Artist of the USSR, honorary citizen of Yerevan and People's Artist of the Armenian SSR.

• Name — Khoren Abrahamyan • Native Name — Խորեն Աբրահամյան • Honorific Suffix — PAA • Born — 1 April 1930 • Birthplace — Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union • Died — 10 December 2004 • Place of death — Yerevan, Armenia • Resting Place — Komitas Pantheon • Occupation — Actor, director

He studied at the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts and graduated in 1951. Since 1951 worked at Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan as and actor. In 1980, he was appointed its executive director. As a student, Abramyan played several small parts in movies, including Hamo Bek-Nazaryan’s kolkhoz musical The Girl from Ararat Valley (1949), as well as in Russian productions such as Aleksandr Rou’s children’s film The Secret of the Mountain Lake (1954), Mikhail Kalatozov’s drama about the cultivation of untilled soil in the steppes of Kazakhstan The First Echelon (1956), and Aleksandr Zarkhi’s industrial construction tale The Height (1957). More significant roles included Arsen in The Song of First Love (1958) and Armen in Grigory Melik-Avakyan’s psychological drama The Heart of a Mother (1958). Abrahamyan gained recognition with his performance as Gevork in the Civil War drama The Brothers Saroyan (1968), which he also co-directed, and as the shepherd Pavle in Henrik Malyan’s We and Our Mountains (1970) from Hrant Matevosyan’s well-known novel. He played the lead, the compassionate archivist Armen Abramyan, in Frunze Dovlatyan’s A Chronicle of Yerevan Days (1974). In demand actor for Armenian cinema in the 1970s, Abramyan also portrayed historical characters, among them the Bolshevik Armenian statesman Alexander Miasnikian in Dovlatyan's Delivery (1976) and Ter-Avetis in Edmond Keosayan’s 18th-century epic The Star of Hope (1979). He also played Sisakyan in the drama about terminal illness Live Long (1980). Abramyan’s filmography consisted of roles in adventure pictures as well as contemporary social drama, comedy, and thrillers. Some other movies by Abrahamyan are Lord as Rostom, We and Our Mountains as Pavle, The Chronicle of Yerevan Days, Travail as Myasnikyan and Hope Star as The Avedis. • Illustration — Knoren Abrahamyan's plaque in Yerevan Khoren Abrahamyan is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan.

Khoren Abrahamyan worked in actor. He was employed by Sundukyan State Academic Theatre and Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. Recorded position is deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He belonged to Theatre Workers union of Armenia.