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| '''Zori Balayan''' ({{lang-hy|Զորի Բալայան}}) born February 10, 1935 in ] is an ] ], ], ], traveler and sports expert.<ref></ref> He awarded by the "Renowned master of the Arts" Armenian official title. | '''Zori Balayan''' ({{lang-hy|Զորի Բալայան}}) born February 10, 1935 in ] is an ] ], ], ], traveler and sports expert.<ref></ref> He awarded by the "Renowned master of the Arts" Armenian official title. | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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| * ''Zim Kilikia'' (Զիմ Կիլիկիա (Armenian)), Irevan 2005 | * ''Zim Kilikia'' (Զիմ Կիլիկիա (Armenian)), Irevan 2005 | ||
| * ''Kilikia'' (Կիլիկիա (Armenian)), vols. 2 and 3, Irevan 2006 - 2007 | * ''Kilikia'' (Կիլիկիա (Armenian)), vols. 2 and 3, Irevan 2006 - 2007 | ||
| * ''Chasm'', (Armenian and Russian), |
* ''Chasm'', (Armenian and Russian), Irevan, 2004 | ||
| * ''Heaven and Hell'' (Armenian, Russian and English) Los Angeles, 1997, Irevan, 1995 | * ''Heaven and Hell'' (Armenian, Russian and English) Los Angeles, 1997, Irevan, 1995 | ||
| * ''Hearth'', Moscow 1984, |
* ''Hearth'', Moscow 1984, Irevan 1981 | ||
| * ''Between Two Fires'', |
* ''Between Two Fires'', Irevan 1979 | ||
| * ''Blue roads'', |
* ''Blue roads'', Irevan 1975 | ||
| * ''Required Man's opinion'',(Russian) Irevan 1974 | * ''Required Man's opinion'',(Russian) Irevan 1974 | ||
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Zori Balayan (Template:Lang-hy) born February 10, 1935 in Khankendi is an Armenian novelist, journalist, sports doctor, traveler and sports expert. He awarded by the "Renowned master of the Arts" Armenian official title.
Biography
Born in Khankendi, Nagorno-Karabakh AO, Azerbaijan SSR. He graduated the Ryazan State Medical University in 1963. From 1971 to 1973 he traversed the Kamchatka and Chokotskaya tundras on dog-sleds, traveling as far as the North Sea.
Balayan participated in the Karabakh movement. In 1988 he and Armenian poet Silva Kaputikyan were received by Mikhail Gorbachev and discussed the absence of Armenian-language television programs and textbooks in Nagorno-Karabakh schools as well as other concerns of Karabakh's majority-Armenian population.
Balayan is a journalist for the weekly Russian-language publication Literaturnaya Gazeta.
Interpol
The authorities in Azerbaijan allege that Balayan was involved in a terrorist bombing of the metro in Baku in 1994. General secretary of Interpol, in a letter to Balayan, stated that the agency considered the complaint politically motivated and that it had removed Balayan from its wanted list as a result.
Books
- My Kilikia, (Russian), Irevan, 2004
- Zim Kilikia (Զիմ Կիլիկիա (Armenian)), Irevan 2005
- Kilikia (Կիլիկիա (Armenian)), vols. 2 and 3, Irevan 2006 - 2007
- Chasm, (Armenian and Russian), Irevan, 2004
- Heaven and Hell (Armenian, Russian and English) Los Angeles, 1997, Irevan, 1995
- Hearth, Moscow 1984, Irevan 1981
- Between Two Fires, Irevan 1979
- Blue roads, Irevan 1975
- Required Man's opinion,(Russian) Irevan 1974
References
- Balayan's page at the Armenian Writer's Union official site
- A Test of Change Explodes in Soviet, By F. Barringer with B. Keller, THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 1988
- Tony Halpin, "Ship Shape: Cilicia completes second leg of its historic journey around Europe ", ArmeniaNow, Issue #33 (155), September 02, 2005..