Back Gework Alichanow German گئورگ آلیخانیان Persian Գևորգ Ալիխանյան Armenian Գէորգ Ալիխանեան HYW ゲヴォルク・アリハニャン Japanese Gework Alichanian Polish Алиханян, Геворк Саркисович Russian Gevork Alikhanyan Turkish Аліханян Геворк Саркісович Ukrainian
Gevork Alikhanyan | |
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| Head of the Cadre Department of the Executive Committee of Communist International | |
| In office 1935–1937 | |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia | |
| In office December 31, 1920–April 1921 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Askanaz Mravyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gevork Sarkisovich Alikhanyan 1897 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) |
| Died | February 13, 1938 (aged 40–41) Kommunarka Shooting Ground, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Political party | Communist Party of Armenia |
| Children | Yelena Bonner |
Gevork Sarkisovich Alikhanyan (Armenian: Գևորգ Սարկիսովիչ Ալիխանյան) (1897–1938), also known in Russian as Georgy Alikhanov (Russian: Георгий Алиханов), was a Soviet Armenian politician and statesman. Alikhanyan is best known for being the founding First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1920 to 1921. He was also a high-ranking member of Comintern before his arrest and execution during the Great Purge.