Stepan Zorian

Zorian was born in the village of Tsghna in the Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire (now located in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan).

He eventually went to Tiflis, Georgia, where he met Christapor Mikaelian and Simon Zavarian, all would become revolutionaries.

It gained support by demanding reforms and taking up arms to defend Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire.

In Karin, pretending to be a teapot salesman because ARF party members were banned in Turkey, he established student unions.

He later settled in Bulgaria to create cooperation between ARF and the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in its struggle against Abdul Hamid II.