Grigor Artsruni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Grigor Artsruni

editor and liberal public activist

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1845

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1892

Profession: public figure, journalist, opinion journalist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Grigor Artsruni (also spelled as Krikor Ardzruni) (Armenian: ?????? ????????; 27 February 1845 – 19 December 1892) was an Armenian journalist, critic, writer and public activist, Doctor of Political Economy and Philosophy (degreed by Heidelberg University in 1869).
Since 1872 he had been publishing the Mshak magazine being its editor and manager until his death. He studied at Moscow and Saint-Petersburg universities, studied Armenian at Mekhitarists centers in Europe (Vienna and San Lazzaro, Venice).
In 1872 he established and edited Mshak (????/Cultivator), the basis of Armenian liberalism.
He had been its editor and manager until his death.
Artsruni marked the necessity of development of capitalism in Armenia, supported the idea of armed resistance as a solution for the Armenian question.
Artsruni was a mentor to the Armenian writer Raffi (1835–1888).