Natalya Melikyan ( Ter-Meliksetyan ) was born on May 19 , 1906 , in the Huseyni ( Huseinkend ) Armenian-populated village of the Evjilar community , Surmalinsky Uyezd , Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire . Her father was Melik Ter-Meliksetyan and her mother was Mariam Mkrtchian . Melikyan studied at Iğdır primary school for two years . In 1918 , surviving the Armenian Genocide , the Melikyan family found a refuge in Yerevan
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Natalya Melik Melikyan