Press of Abgar Stepanossian Gulamiriants (A. S. Gulamirian, also known as Stepan A. S. Gulamiriants’ Printing Office

Press of Abgar Stepanossian Gulamiriants (A. S. Gulamirian, also known as Stepan A. S. Gulamiriants’ Printing Office 1879 — 1910 yy․

RA (Republic of Armenia) / Yerevan

Historical Introduction
1879 y․

Press of Abgar Stepanossian Gulamiriants (A. S. Gulamirian, also known as Stepan A. S. Gulamiriants’ Private Press), 1879 to 1910. The available information regarding this printing-house dates from 1879, when it published a calendar for the following year. By the way, it was established after it had become evident that Zakaria Hakobiants’ press had yielded large income between 1877 and 1878: “...whetted several men’s appetite to open a new printing-office. The year 1879 marked the establishment of the second press in Yerevan, that of Abgar Gulamiriants.”

Հակոբյան Թ., Երևանի պատմությունը (1879-1917), Երևան, 1963, էջ 446: Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 10.

The proprietor of the printing-house first published books under his editorship in the first press of Yerevan, then he opened his own one, which mainly published works either written or edited by him.

Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 10.

1896 — 1901 yy․

Between 1896 and 1901, the press did not function and resumed its activity only in 1902 continuing it until 1910 and publishing 27 books.

Abrahamian Emma, Printing-Houses Throughout the Armenian Homeland, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 6, p. 10.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Stepan A. S. Gulamiriants