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on "Armenia in the Period of Justinian" in 1908. Adontz was appointed as the private-assistant professor at the University of St. Petersburg in 1909. He received his doctorate and the title of professor after defending his dissertation, entitled "Dionysius of Thrace and his Armenian Commentaries," in
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Adontz left more than 80 monographs on the history and literature of Medieval Armenia, Armenian-Byzantine relations, Armenian-Greek philology, mythology, religion, linguistics in the Armenian, Russian and French languages. He published his first scholarly article in the journal
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and after Adontz and the other professors refused their orders to work at another institute, the University of Brussels was shut down. Left with no salary, Adontz willed his work to Belgium's small Armenian community, dying shortly thereafter in
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in 1930 and was appointed to the position of the head of the newly created Department of Armenian Studies. During the Second World War, after Belgium's occupation by the
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in the immediate years following the end of the First World War and published a number of works. These included two booklets published in English in 1918,
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and studied at the Departments of Oriental Languages and History and Philology under the general direction of the renowned historian and linguist
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In a stark departure from his studies on ancient and medieval Armenian history, Adontz took a vested interest in the history of the
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In 1920, Adontz left Russia and moved to London and then Paris. Adontz was invited to deliver lectures at the
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Armenia in the Period of Justinian: the Political Conditions Based on the Naxarar System
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Armeniia v epokhu Iustiniana: Politicheskoe sostoianie na osnove Nakhararskogo stroia
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Antsano't' e'jer Masht'ots'i ew nra ashakertneri keank'its' e"st o'tar aghbiwrneri
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The Historical Basis of the Armenian Question and the Fall of Turkey
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Yuzbashyan, Karen. "Nikoghayos Adonts'i gitakan zharangut'yune" ,
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Histoire d'Arménie, les origines du X-e siècle au vie (av. J.C.)
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The Art of Dionysius Grammarian and his Armenian Interpretations
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and later working at the manuscript repository in Echmiadzin.
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named Ter-Avetik. He attended a parochial school in
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In that same year, with archaeologist 596:Diloyan, Valter. s.v "Adontz, Nikoghayos," 230:Adontz was born Nikoghayos Ter-Avetikian ( 589: 587: 585: 440: 698:Armenian people from the Russian Empire 326:Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages 320:archaeological expedition organized by 670: 582: 420:The Armenian Question and German Plans 116:Conditions based on the Naxarar System 662:A detailed biography by ArmenianHouse 625:University of California, Los Angeles 598:Encyclopedia of the Armenian Question 566: 564: 562: 538: 536: 534: 532: 530: 528: 526: 524: 728:Medievalists from the Russian Empire 708:Byzantinists from the Russian Empire 548:. s.v. Adonts', Nikoghayos Gevorki. 374:Political Parties in Ancient Armenia 322:Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences 693:People from Elizavetpol Governorate 450:Samuel l'Armenien, Roi des Bulgares 302: 13: 733:Historians from the Russian Empire 614: 559: 521: 378:Armenia in the Period of Justinian 211:Armenia in the Period of Justinian 14: 754: 650:Works by or about Nicholas Adontz 643: 416:Turkey's Note and Western Armenia 97:Saint Petersburg State University 366:The Peasantry of Ancient Armenia 352: 316:, he participated in the second 36: 458:Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 307:Adontz wrote and defended his 268:Gevorkian Theological Seminary 1: 743:Scholars of Byzantine history 331: 246:, which was then part of the 225: 554:Armenian Academy of Sciences 550:Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia 289:University of St. Petersburg 220: 7: 738:Soviet emigrants to Belgium 688:People from Syunik Province 412:The Dismemberment of Turkey 287:Adontz was accepted to the 209:. Adontz was the author of 178: 148:Russian Academy of Sciences 10: 759: 723:Historians of the Caucasus 703:Ethnic Armenian historians 639:39 (1986): pp. 55–80. 713:Armenian studies scholars 424:The Armenian Question at 266:and later studied at the 235: 187: 167: 153: 143: 129: 122: 102: 92: 73: 44: 35: 28: 21: 576:Patma-Banasirakan Handes 514: 454:Etudes Armeno-Byzantines 435:Treaty of Brest Litovsk 280:in Tiflis (present-day 252:Elizavetpol Governorate 236:Նիկողայոս Տեր-Ավետիքյան 579:4 (1962): pp. 115-128. 556:, 1974, vol. 1, p. 77. 338:University of Brussels 215:early Medieval Armenia 718:Historians of Armenia 441:Selected publications 433:for signing the 1918 349:on January 27, 1942. 238:) in the village of 314:Ashkharbek Kalantar 284:) from 1892–1894. 197:, specialising in 108:Histoire d'Arménie 546:Yuzbashyan, Karen 464:. 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Brnakot
Sisian
Russian Empire
Brussels
Saint Petersburg State University
Byzantine studies
Armenian studies
Russian Academy of Sciences
Armenian
romanized
Russian
Armenian
historian
Byzantine
Armenian studies
philologist
early Medieval Armenia
Armenian
Brnakot
Sisian
Zangezur uezd
Elizavetpol Governorate
Syunik
David Bek
Tatev
Gevorkian Theological Seminary
Echmiadzin
gymnasium
Tbilisi

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