Hakob Hakobyan
(1866-1937)
Died aged c. 71
Wikidata WikipediaHakob Hakobian (Armenian: Հակոբ Հակոբյան; often transliterated from Russian as Akop Akopian; 29 May 1866, in Elisavetpol – 13 November 1937, in Tbilisi), was a Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletarian poetry. Communist party member from 1904. Awarded with the titles of Armenia and People's Poet of Georgia. He was considered as the "Armenian Maksim Gorky" by the Bolshevik press. Hakobian published his first book in 1899. He's the author of revolutionary poems that include One more cut (1905), Revolution (1905), Died but didn't disappear (1906), Red waves (1911), Shir-Kanal (1924) etc. Hakobian was appointed as the Bank's commissar of Soviet Georgia, he was a member of the government of Transcaucasian Federation.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
ამ სახლში ცხოვრობდა საქართველოს და სომხეთის სახალხო პოეთი აკოპ აკოპიანი В этом доме жил народный поэт Грузии и Армении Акоп Акопян 1866 - 1937
English translation: Hakob Hakobyan (1866-1937) People's Poet of Georgia and Armenia lived in this house
11 Geronti Kikodze Street, Tbilisi, Georgia where they lived