Varazdat Harutyunyan

Harutyunyan was born in the Ottoman Empire, in the town of Van, but he and his family were forced to flee into Russian territory during the Armenian genocide.^{[citation needed]} They settled first in Tbilisi and then in Yerevan. In 1946, he obtained his Ph.D., and then Doctor of Science in architecture. In 1964, he became a professor of history. In 1996 he was elected Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. In Armenia, he was also president of the Society for Protection of Historical Monuments.^{[citation needed]}

He was the author of over 40 books and over 800 articles, mostly on Armenian architecture.^[1]

• Life of Academician Varazdat Harutyunyan Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Armenian: ՀՀԳԱԱ ԱԿԱԴԵՄԻԿՈՍ ՎԱՐԱԶԴԱՏ ՀԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՅԱՆԻ ԿԱՅՔ
• Academic and Architect Varazdat Harutyunyan speaking about Baghdasar Arzoumanian (April, 2007, in Armenian) on YouTube