Background
Zorian was born in Tsghna, Erivan Governorate.
Zorian was born in Tsghna, Erivan Governorate.
He attended college in Moscow but dropped out before graduating.
He eventually went to Tiflis, Georgia, where he met Christapor Mikaelian and Simon Zavarian, all would become revolutionaries. They co-founded the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) in 1890. During the 1908 Constitutional revolution in Turkey, he moved to Garin.
In 1914, World War I broke out, he moved to Europe and then to the Caucasus.
There he participated in the Armenian-Tatar wars. During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, he participated in the revolution alongside Persian revolutionaries.
He also directs the fight of self-defense in Baku. After a disastrous result, he fled to Iran with thousands of Armenians.
Zorian died in 1919 in Tiflis, aged 52.
Their new political party had a major impact on Armenians.
lieutenant gained support by demanding reforms and taking up arms to defend Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire.