Argam Aivazian

Argam Aivazian (sometimes written as Ayvazyan) (; born 20 July 1947 in Arinj) is an Armenian historian, journalist and researcher. Born in the village of Arinj, in the Nakhichevan ASSR, he is particularly known for his books and monographs about the Armenian culture and history of that region, and has written books about the towns of Hin Jugha and Agulis, as well as more than 200 other works, mostly in Armenian.
Biography.
Ayvazyan has worked at the Monument Protection Department of the Armenian SSR and the Art Institute of Armenian Academy of Sciences. His photographic archive contains over 10000 negatives. It is one of the largest documentary collections of historical Armenian architecture in the world.
From 1992 to 2000 he was a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Armenian Academy of Sciences.