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'''Mkrtich Avetisi Avetisian''' ({{langx|hy|Մկրտիչ Ավետիսյան}}, ''Terlemezian'', 1864 in [[Van, Turkey|Van]] – 1896 in Van) was an [[Armenia]]n journalist and political figure, one of the founders of [[Ramgavar Party|Armenakan organization]].

He studied in [[Van, Turkey|Van]], then became a student of [[Mekertich Portukalian]]. In this period he participated to "Black Cross" liberational organization, founded the Armenian Patriotic Union, then headed Armenakan organization in Van. In 1886, he was deported by the Turkish authorities, lived in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and [[Marseille]], contributed to "Armenia" newspaper. In 1893–1896 he was the common revisor of Armenian schools in [[Persia]], in 1896 during the [[Hamidian massacres]] he headed the Van resistance and was killed by Turkish soldiers.

==Sources== *Concise Armenian Encyclopedia, ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdian, Vol. 1, Yerevan, 1990, pp. 310–311.

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