Գրիգոր Խալդարյանցը և տպագրական գործը Ռուսաստանում

Abstract

The first Armenian printing house in Russia was founded in 1780 by Grigor Khaldaryants, who moved it from London to St. Petersburg. After the death of Khaldryants, in 1789, Hovsep Arghutyan, the spiritual leader of the Armenians of Russia, moved the printing house to New Nakhichevan, and in 1796, to Astrakhan. During its existence, the printing house published about forty-five books on reli-gious, educational, and historical topics. Getting acquainted with the twenty-year existence and effective work of the Khaldaryants printing house, it becomes obvious that his activity served Hovsep Arghutyan for the common interests of the nation, which he had a desire for. In the 18th century, one of the leaders of the Armenian diocese in Russia, Archbishop Hovsep Arghutyun, being in a foreign country, Hovsep Arghtyun, a representative of a stateless country, with his education and enlightened ideas, was able to unite the Armenian people and make them presentable. Printing was a way to connect Russian-Armenians to the Armenian Church, raise their liberating spirit, and shape their worldview. The Armenian printed book, including Russian-Armenian printing, was the expression of Armenian self-assertion and striving for survival. It occupies an honorable place in Armenian culture with its unique face.