The Forgotten Armenian

From: Armenian Reporter, The | Date: June 7, 1997 | Copyright information


Armenian Reporter, The

06-07-1997

The Forgotten Armenian

The Soviet spy Haig Hovagimian caused a sensation in the United States and other countries of Europe before World War II. Despite that sensation, his name was unknown in the Soviet Union and remains unknown in its successor, the CIS.

Haig Hovagimian was born in 1898 in Nakhichevan. In 1920 he took part in the revolt in Gumri, Armenia; following his arrest, he was convicted and sentenced to a long...

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