History of the Armenian People (Yerevan, 1971–1984, 8 volumes), authoring numerous articles on the origins of the Armenian people, the kingdom of Urartu, and on the social, economic, cultural and political structure of the Kingdom of Armenia. He would also go on to write numerous articles in the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. He struggled with a serious illness for many years, and died in 1992. Selected works Hayastane ust "Ashkharhatsuytsi". Yerevan, 1963. Notes 1908 births 1992 deaths Writers from Tbilisi Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University Yerevan State University alumni Academic staff of Yerevan State University Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Armenian cartographers 20th-century Armenian historians Soviet cartographers Soviet historians 20th-century cartographers