ABELYAN Hovhannes was born on October 23 in 1863 in Shamakhi. An Armenian actor. People's Artist of Armenian SSR in 1925. Armenian SSR Labor Hero in 1932. From 1882 he played in Armenian and Russian theatres of Tiflis and Baku. His teacher of performing arts was P. Adamyan in 1886. In 1895 Abelyan became the founder of theater group “Armenian acting organization”, in 1901-1905 he conducted local theatre group with G. Petrosyan, in 1912 headed the Armenian theatre tour in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. In 1913 Abelyan and his group performed in Iran, Central Asia and in 1917 he became the chairman of the “Armenian dramatic actors’ Union” (Tiflis).
Source- “Who is Who. The Armenians” encyclopedia, volume II, chief-editor Hovh. Ayvazyan, Yerevan, 2007.
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