Newly discovered testimonies about Alexander Tairyan in the archive of Alexander Yeritsyan
Haykaz J. Hovhannisyan
The activities of the Armenian businessman and philanthropist Alexander Tahiryan are not properly covered in the Armenian historiography, and scattered information about him in the historical
literature does not reflect and does not characterize his undeniable influence in the Armenian social- political and economic life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.