Yeghishe Charents (Armenian: Եղիշե Չարենց, romanized: Yeghishe Ch’arents’; 25 March [O.S. 13 March], 1897 – November 27, 1937) was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents' literary subject matter ranged from his experiences in the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and frequently Armenia and Armenians. [1]

Charents' Arch, also known as Arch of Charents or Arch of Ararat (Armenian: Չարենցի կամար) is a monument and tourist attraction erected in 1957 and dedicated to the Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents.

Originally conceived in 1954 as the Museum of Literature and Arts of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, the institution has evolved into a notable research center, where the archives of some six hundred Armenian authors, playwrights and musicians are presently housed.

1915 թվականին Հայկական կամավորական 6-րդ ջոկատը, թուրքերի դեմ կռվող ռուսական բանակին միանալու համար, անցնում էր Վանա լճից հյուսիս-արևելք գտնվող Թափարիզ …

Yeghishe Charents (born Yeghishe Soghomonian, Armenian: Եղիշե Չարենց) (13 March 1897, Kars - 29 November 1937, Yerevan) was an Armenian poet killed in Stalin 's purges. From 1904 to 1912 Yeghishe Soghomonian he was at school in Kars.

Charents was the personification of the Armenian people in the post-Genocide era: emerging from hell and hopeful for the progress that communism promised, but ultimately a tragic martyr at its very hands.

The most famous names of Armenian poetry in the twentieth century were victims either of genocide (Taniel Varoujan and Siamanto), political repression (Yeghishe Charents), or car accident (Paruyr Sevak). Among them, Charents was …

From 1921 the literary name “Charents” became a civil surname for him. The poet later gave such a logical explanation to the choice of the name “Charents”. “Evil is very often hidden under the guise of good in the world, and I have given a so-called evil name to the good content of my soul.”

Charents was a thoughtful, developed, highly erudition person, restless character, rebellious and energetic. He knew the literatures of all nations, he knew them well and had a great taste... The loss of Yeghishe Charents is forever regrettable, and if …

The Arch of Charents, also known as Arch of Ararat, is located at an altitude of 1500 meters in the village of Voghjaberd in Kotayk province. This monument is included in the list of historical and cultural landmarks of Voghjaberd.