Satenik Matinian-Arghutian
Satenik Matinian-Arghutian | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 or 25 September 1874 |
| Died | 12 December 1930 (aged 56) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | teacher and revolutionary leader in the Armenian Revolutionary Movement |
| Organization | Tabriz Armenian Women's Benevolent Society |
| Spouse | Hovsep Arghutian (m. 1899) |
| Children | 1 |
Satenik Matinian-Arghutian (Armenian: Սաթենիկ Մատինեան-Արղութեան, 24 or 25 September 1874 – 12 December 1930), also known as Dzaghig or Miss Flower, was an Armenian teacher and leader in the Armenian Revolutionary Movement.
Biography
Matinian-Arghutian was born on 24 or 25 September 1874[1] in Gyumri, Shirak, Armenia. She attended the first female gymnasium in Tbilisi.[1][2]
Matinian-Arghutian became involved in the Armenian revolutionary movement as a teenager as an active member of the group "Young Armenia."[1][3] She worked as a teacher in Tiflis.[4]
In 1892, Matinian-Arghutian moved from the Caucasus to Tabriz,[2] where she continued her teaching and revolutionary work.[4] She was an early member of organisations which later became the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)[5] and was the leader of the Tabriz Armenian Women's Benevolent Society.[6][7] She was one of the more active revolutionaries and was well respected by other activists,[8] encouraging local Armeninan men to allow their wives to join women's revolutionary organisations.[9] Her sister Natalia Matinian was also involved in the revolutionary movement, undertaking secret assignments.[2][3]
Matinian-Arghutian married fellow Armenian revolutionary Hovsep Arghutian in 1899 in Moscow.[1] He became ambassador of the First Republic of Armenia to Persia.[9] They had one child called Arpik.[1]
Matinian-Arghutian died on 12 December 1930 in Paris, France.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Սաթենիկ Արղութեան (Մատինեան, 1874-1930). Հայկական Յեղափոխութեան Ոգեշնչող «". Aztag Daily - Ազդակ Օրաթերթ (Armenian Daily Newspaper based in Lebanon) (in Armenian). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "Սաթենիկ Արղութեան (Մատինեան, 1874-1930). Հայկական Յեղափոխութեան Աներեր Ծաղիկը". Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն (in Armenian). 12 December 2013. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ a b Avetisyan, Vigen (9 December 2022). "Rifles, Bombings and Prisons: Women's Work of Revolutionary Armenia (Part I)". Art-A-Tsolum. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ a b Keddie, Nikki R. (2000). Iran and Beyond: Essays in Middle Eastern History in Honor of Nikki R. Keddie. Mazda Publishers. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-56859-099-8.
- ^ Meneshian, Murad (5 February 2016). "The Founding of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ Berberian, Houri (1 January 2022). "The Dashnaktsutiun and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1905–1911". Iranian Studies. 29 (1–2): 7–33. doi:10.1080/00210869608701840. ISSN 0021-0862. Archived from the original on 27 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ Nalbandian, Louise (1967). The Armenian Revolutionary Movement. University of California Press. p. 213.
- ^ Berberian, Houri (19 February 2018). Armenians And The Iranian Constitutional Revolution Of 1905-1911: The Love For Freedom Has No Fatherland. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-98184-5.
- ^ a b Berberian, Houri; Grigor, Talinn (4 March 2025). The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860–1979. Stanford University Press. pp. 180–183. ISBN 978-1-5036-4194-5.