Andranik Ozanian and Hovhannes Tumanyan

A rare photograph of Andranik Ozanian and Hovhannes Tumanyan.

Andranik Ozanian, son of Toros, was one of the leaders of the Armenian national liberation movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a national hero of the Armenian people. He is also known as Zoravar (General) Andranik and Andranik Pasha. On 23 January 1918 he received the rank of major general. Hovhannes Tumanyan, son of Tadevos, was an Armenian poet, writer and public figure, the national poet of Armenia.

The photograph shows two men seated in a room, with paintings hanging on the wall. On the left is a man in military uniform with decorations; on the right, an elderly white-haired man with glasses.