Background
Ogadzhanian, Sarkis was born in 1964 in Erevan, Armenia.
Ogadzhanian, Sarkis was born in 1964 in Erevan, Armenia.
One of the leading members of the society of Soznanie Krishny (The Conscience of Krishna) in Armenia. Arrested, 1985, and convicted in 1986 in Erevan according to Article 244, part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Armenian SSR, for the distribution of Krishna’s ideas, which were allegedly incompatible with the socialist system. He was detained at the Sol’-Iletsk labour camp for criminals where he continued (in accordance with his religion) to eat only vegetarian food.
The authorities turned down his parents’ request to bring his body back to Erevan.