[1][4] Minassian was a frequent contributor to the newspaper Azadamard where his criticisms of various aspects of the Armenian community were widely read.

[1] However, due to his early death, the dictionary was never published and was left in the possession of his mother who was living in Geneva at the time.

[3] On the night of 24 April 1915,[5] Minassian was arrested[6] and sent via train to Ayaş, a village located in the interior provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

[7] Confined in a prison at Ayaş, Minassian along with Rupen Zartarian, Karekin Khajag, Khachatur Malumian, Harutiun Jangülian, and Nazaret Daghavarian were transferred to Diyarbakir on 2 June.

[9] However, Minassian along with the rest were murdered en route in the locality of Karacur between Urfa and Severek (today Siverek).