GEVORG MELIK-GHARAGYOZYAN AT THE ORIGINS OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article examines the period of activity of the Minister of Public Education of the
Republic of Armenia Gevorg Melik-Gharagyozyan, which is directly related to the preparatory
period of the foundation of Yerevan State University. Becoming the Minister of Public
Education (December 1918-June 1919) G. Melik-Gharagyozyan with great enthusiasm
dedicated himself to the idea of creating a University in Armenia. First, he made considerable
efforts to move the Transcaucasian private University of Tbilisi to Armenia. But when the
issue did not get a solution he continued his activities in Armenia, which included creating a
University with his own resources implementing a government decision. Gevorg Melik-
Gharagyozyan was sure, that eventually, the important thing was to unite scientific and creative
forces of the Armenian intellectuals in the homeland, the best center of which would become
the Armenian University.