Amatuni Amatuni
Soviet Armenian politician (1900–1938)
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Amatuni Simoni Amatuni (Armenian: Ամատունի Սիմոնի Ամատունի; 24 October 1900 – 28 July 1938), 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.
24 October 1900
Amatuni Amatuni | |
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Ամատունի Ամատունի | |
Amatuni after his arrest in 1937 | |
| 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 | Amatuni Vardapetyan 24 October 1900 |
| Died | 28 July 1938 (aged 37) |
Biography
Amatuni was born in Elizavetpol (Ganja), Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire. After serving on the Caucasian Front in World War I, he returned to the Caucasus and later became a member of the Bolshevik Party in June 1919.[1] From 1926 to 1927, 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] Amatuni served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1935 to 1936, then became First Secretary in 1936 after the death of Aghasi Khanjian.[1] With Armenian NKVD chief Khachik Mughdusi [hy], Amatuni oversaw the initial part of the Great Purge in Armenia,[3] before his own arrest on 23 September 1937 by Georgy Malenkov.[4] He was executed on 28 July 1938.[1] Despite his active role in the Stalinist repressions, Amatuni was posthumously rehabilitated in 1977.[5]
