Surname Harutyunyan

The surname Harutyunyan is the one of most spreaded surnames which is based on the church name Harutyun that means " to begin a new life " .

In ancient times , when a child was born , the baby's name was often connected to his father's name to show that he belongs to the certain tribe, 'cause there were few ancient religious names , and so it was easy to distinguish people.Harutyun was the name of my ancestor and our family tree was descended from him. Harutyunyans are now almost in every field - trade , banking , transport , medicine ... But my father and my grandfather tell that there are many physicists and mathematicians in their family line. My grandfather Sergey Harutyunyan , also had worked in the Institute of Physics and has little contribution to the development of the field of physics .My paternal great grandfather was in a gulag, he has had great wealth - a fairly large estates , many servants , large orchards ,horse horse drawn carriage.The father of my grandfather , Sanasar by name, has participated in the Great Patriotic War , he has fought for the liberation of the Sevastopol and was awarded with numerous medals .