Aghbalian was born in 1873 in Tbilisi . His primary education was in Tbilisi 's Nersisyan school , followed by a seminary education . He studied at Moscow State University , then in Lausanne and Sorbonne , worked as a teacher in Agulis , Shusha and Tiflis , and headed the Armenian National college in Iran . In 1914 he returned to Russian Armenia and participated in the National Bureau , working with the survivors of Armenian Genocide . In 1918-1920 he was a member of Parliament , and in 1919-1920 was appointed Minister of Education and Culture of the First Republic of Armenia
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Nikol Aghbalian