Amatuni Vardapetyan | |
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Ամատունի Վարդապետյան | |
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia | |
In office 13 July 1936 – 21 September 1937 | |
Preceded by | Aghasi Khanjian |
Succeeded by | Grigory Arutinov |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 October 1900 Yelisavetpol ( Ganja), Elizavetpol uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 26 July 1938 Kommunarka shooting ground, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 37)
Nationality | Armenian |
Amatuni Simoni Amatuni ( Armenian: Ամատունի Սիմոնի Ամատունի), born Amatuni Vardapetyan ( Armenian: Ամատունի Վարդապետյան), was a Soviet Armenian politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1936 to 1937. Born in Yelisavetpol ( Ganja), Elizavetpol uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire, he became a member of the Bolshevik Party in 1919. [1] From 1926 to 1928 he studied at the Institute of Red Professors, then held various party positions in Yerevan, Tiflis, and Baku. [1] An ally of Lavrentiy Beria, [2] he served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1935 to 1936, then became First Secretary in 1936 after the death of his predecessor Aghasi Khanjian. [1] With Armenian NKVD chief Khachik Mughdusi, Amatuni oversaw the initial part of the Great Purge in Armenia, before his own arrest on 23 September 1937. [1] He appeared on Stalin's execution list of 26 July 1938 and was shot the same day. [3]