Russian translation of a book about Soghomon Tehlirian to be presented
in Yerevan
March 12, 2011 – 19:02 AMT 15:02 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net –
On March 15, Armenian National Library will host a presentation of a
Russian translation of Vahan Minakhortyan’s book, Soghomon Tehlirian:
Memoirs, Talat’s Terror.
The book features Soghomon Tehlirian’s memoirs of 1915 Genocide, time
span before the assassination of Talat Pasha, a trial in 1921.
The preface to the book was contributed by Armenian Writer Silva Kaputikyan.
The book was published in 1953 in Cairo and republished in Yerevan in
1993. Russian translation is authored by Egor Sergiev.
Soghomon Tehlirian (1897-1960) was a native of Yerzka, and Armenian
Genocide survivor. He assassinated the former Grand Vizir Talat Pasha
in the Charlottenburg District of Berlin, Germany in broad daylight
and in the presence of many witnesses on March 15, 1921 as an act of
vengeance for his role in orchestrating the Armenian Genocide.
Tehlirian was tried for murder, but was eventually acquitted by the
German court.
From: A. Papazian
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