Gevork Alikhanyan
Gevork Alikhanyan | |
|---|---|
| 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 by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Askanaz Mravyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gevork Sarkisovich Alikhanyan 1897 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) |
| Died | February 13, 1938 (aged 40–41) Kommunarka Shooting Ground, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Political party | Communist Party of Armenia |
| Children | Yelena Bonner |
Gevork Sarkisovich Alikhanyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Սարկիսովիչ Ալիխանյան) (1897–1938), also known in Russian as 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.