Banquet with Mayor I.G. On...| 1902 at Baku City, Azerbaijan

Banquet with Mayor I.G. On October 13, 1902

Banquet with Mayor I.G. On October 13, 1902, on the occasion of the opening of the citys first public library-reading room in Melik-Aghamalyans house. Employees of the city, doctors, teachers, officials, writers, industrialists of the city who participated in its creation were invited to the cafe.

Source: Archive S.G. Velichko - M.-Martirosyan. © ️ Author: photographer G.Tarverdyan, photo studio G.Shakharyants, Baku. The printing house and shop of the Ter-Ovanesov brothers, Baku edition 1902. ™️ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550549312179

Isahak Melik-Aghamalyan (1858-1914) was born in Yerevan and an aristocrat. After graduating from the Faculty of Law of the University of Petersburg, he worked at the Tiflis Court as a lawyer. In 1898 he was elected mayor of Yerevan, which he held until 1904. During his reign, the city was rebuilt. Water supply, sidewalks, street lighting were created, a new hospital and the first library were opened. From 1904 to 1910, from 1912 to 1914 the leader was his younger brother Hovhannes Melik-Aghamalyan.