Tuman Tumyan

Tuman Tumyan (Armenian: Թուման Թումյան; 1879–1906) was an active participant of the Armenian national liberation movement.

[1][2] Tuman Tumyan was born in 1879 in Shusha, Russian Empire and had his local education there; one of his classmates was famed revolutionary Garegin Nzhdeh.

Tumanian became known throughout Karabakh when he began publishing the Kokon newspaper in Shushi.

[2] He was instrumental in the engagement of gathering volunteer troops in Western Armenia.

Poet Avetik Isahakian dedicated his famous song "Vorskan Akhper" to Tumian.