Prince Semyon Semyonovich Abamelek-Lazarev (also Abamelik-Lazaryan) was a Russian millionaire of Armenian origin noted for his contributions to archaeology and geology.
His father Prince Simeon Abamelik was a Major General of the Russian army and an amateur painter. He married his first cousin Elizaveta Lazareva, the last of her family and the heiress to an enormous fortune.
She was the granddaughter of Manuc Bei and the grand-niece of Count Ivan Lazarev (a court banker to Catherine the Great).
Prince Semyon inherited her steel mills in the Urals, her surname, and the right to manage the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages.
Armenian Concise Encyclopedia
Taken from Mano Chil
What independent observers are documenting The most systematic data on the fate of Armenian monuments…
On September 12, 2026, a delegation of some 150 diplomats and representatives from 58 countries,…
On September 15, 1918, the oil city of Baku fell to a joint Ottoman-Azerbaijani force,…
A case study in the systematic destruction of Armenian heritage in Turkey and Azerbaijan The…
On September 11–12, 2026, around 150 diplomats from 58 countries accredited in Baku took part…
A name from the world's oldest archives Long before Urartu, long before "Armenia" appears in…