Christapor Mikaelian
Krisdapor Mikaelian (; 18 October 1859 – 17 March 1905) was one of the three founders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation along with Stepan Zorian (Rostom) and Simon Zavarian and a major figure of the Armenian national liberation movement. He was also known by the noms de guerre Hellen (), Topal (), and Edward (). Early life Mikaelian was born in the village of Agulis in the Nakhichevansky Uyezd of the Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire, now part of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. His father was highly respected by the villagers, who considered him as the village judge and would bring their disputes to his arbitration. Mikaelian lost his mother at the age of four, and his father at the age of ten. He graduated from the local school with flying colors, and so the administration offered him a scholarship to the state pedagogical institute of Tiflis (modern-day Tbilisi, Georgia, on the condition that he then return to take a teaching position at the village school. He departed to Tiflis in 1874, but was not accepted into the academy until 1876, at the age of seventeen. He became an active member of the revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya (People's Will), which was