Artemic Khalatov

Artemic (Artashes) Bagratovich Khalatov ( (15 (27) April 1894 – 26 September 1937[1] or 27 October 1938[2])(sources differ) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who was the director of the Soviet Union's State Publishing House, from 1927-1937. He was executed during the Great Purge.[1]

Artemic Khalatov (second from left) and Vlas Chubar (center) 1936
Artemic Bagratovich Khalatov
Артемий Багратович Халатов
Khalatov, 7 November 1919 at the celebrations of the second anniversary of the October Revolution
Vice PresidentMoscow Food Commission

Khalatov was born Artashes Khalatiants in Baku. Although official biographies described him as coming from a working-class background more recent research has shown that he was born into the family of a wealthy Armenian merchant.[1]

References
  1. "Говорит Москва. Артемий Багратович ХАЛАТОВ". www.ruthenia.ru. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  2. "Халатов Арташес Багратович". bse.sci-lib.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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