Harutyunova-Fidanyan, Viada Arturovna

After graduation, she entered the classical department of the philological faculty of Moscow State University , which she graduated in 1960 , defending her thesis "Dogomerovsky Epic in Homer's Poems" ^[1] .

In 1960 - 1961 she taught the ancient Greek language at Moscow State University and Latin at the University of Peoples' Friendship . In 1962, she entered the graduate school of Yerevan University with a degree in Byzantine Studies . In 1968, at the Faculty of History of Yerevan State University, she defended her thesis on " Typik Grigory Pakurian ". From 1966 to 1978, Harutyunova-Fidanyan worked at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR in Yerevan , after which in 1986 she joined the Moscow Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences ), where she defended her doctoral dissertation in 1991 on the subject of the Armenian-Byzantine contact zone. From 1997 to this day - a leading researcher at the Institute of World History ^[2] .

Harutyunova-Fidanyan is the author of four monographs and about 150 scientific articles. The works are devoted to historical cartography , economic and political history, the socio-administrative system of Byzantium . In studies, he studies the communities of Armenian Chalcedonites in the countries of the Byzantine cultural circle .

In many of her works, in particular at the 19th Copenhagen Congress and the round table of the 21st London Congress of Byzantine scholars, Harutyunova-Fidanyan suggested studying the “image of another” in the context of a dialogue of cultures, presenting the following problem areas:

• the study of the mechanisms of appropriation and alienation, removal and endowment ("alien" to their own);
• the study of the possibility of profound changes in mental and physical spaces under the influence of the “image of another”;
• the study of the application of modern allological reactions of consciousness to the historical mentality that they are reconstructing.

In her works, she devoted a lot of time to the problems of Russian-Armenian relations, which resulted in the work: “Byzantine and Armenian historians about Russia and Rus”, “Cult of Gregory of Armenia in Novgorod”, “Orthodox Armenians in North-Eastern Russia”. Recently, Harutyunova-Fidanyan has been paying more attention to the mechanisms of interaction between oral and written traditions. For the monograph “The Story of Armenian Affairs” she was awarded a large gold medal from the Makaryev Foundation ^[2] .

She developed the concept of the Armenian Orthodox community of the VI - XI centuries and the theory of the existence of a new social model in the limitrophic regions of Byzantium, which she called the “contact zone”. Harutyunova-Fidanyan was introduced into scientific use the term “secondary epic” - a phenomenon that exists at the intersection of oral and written tradition ^[1] .

The author's works have been published in a number of academic publications in various countries. Harutyunova-Fidanyan takes an active part in international and regional conferences, congresses of Byzantine scholars and Orientalists, participates in authoritative international projects (together with scientists from Bulgaria , Germany , France , the USA ), in inter-institute projects and programs of the Institute of Solid State Physics and the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences ^[2] .

• Big gold medal from the Makaryev Foundation (for the monograph “The Story of Armenian Affairs”)

• On the issue of the Armenians-Chalcedonites // Tomsk State University Journal. societies. Sciences of the Armenian SSR. 1971. No 3
• From the history of the north-eastern border regions of the Byzantine Empire in the XI century. // Historical and Philological Journal. 1972. No 1
• Byzantine rulers of the theme "Iviria" // Vestn. societies. Sciences of the Armenian SSR. 1973. No 2
• "Ivir" in Byzantine sources of the XI century. // Vestn. Matenadaran. 1973. No 11
• Byzantine rulers of Edessa in the 11th century // Byzantine temporary. 1973.V. 35
• Some aspects of the Military Administrative Districts and of the Byzantine Administration during the XI Century // Revue des études arméniennes. 1986-1987. T. XX. Fema Vaspurakan (territorial composition) // Vestn. societies. Sciences of the Armenian SSR. 1974. No 9
• Fema Vaspurakan // Byzantine temporary. 1977.V. 38
• Typik Grigory Pakurian. Text, introduction, trans., And commentary. Yerevan, 1978
• Once again about the theme "Iviria" // The Caucasus and Byzantium. Yerevan, 1979. Issue. one
• Armenian-chalcedonites on the eastern borders of the Byzantine Empire (11th century). Yerevan, 1980
• About the uniqueness of a monastic charter of the 11th century // Bulgarian Middle Ages. Sofia, 1980
• Sur le problème des provinces byzantines orientales // Revue des études arméniennes. 1980. T. XIV
• A few comments on the situation on the eastern borders of Byzantium in the 70s of the XI century. // Caucasus and Byzantium. Yerevan, 1980. Issue. 2
• Ethno-confessional self-concsiousness of armenians-chalcedoniens // Byzantium and Caucasus. Washington 1988
• On the issue of two editions of Typika by Pakurian // Caucasus and Byzantium. Yerevan, 1988. Issue. 6
• Armenians in Bulgaria in the 11th century Part I — II // Vestn. Yerevan University. 1988. No. 3; 1989. No 1
• The image of Byzantium in the Armenian historiography of the 10th century // BB. 1991.V. 52.P. 112-135
• Les Arméniens Chalcedoniens en tant que phénomène culturel de l'Orient chrétien // Atti del quinto Simposio Internazionale di Arte Armena. 1988. Venezia, 1992
• Ethno-confessional self-awareness of Armenian-Chalcedonians // Revue des études arméniennes. 1991-1992. T. XXI
• Armenian-Byzantine contact zone (X-XI centuries): The results of the interaction of cultures. M., 1994
• The image of Byzantium in Armenian medieval historiography of the 11th century (Aristakes Lastivertsi) // VV. 1994.V. 55.P. 146-151
• Orthodox Armenians in North-Eastern Russia // Ancient states of Eastern Europe. 1992-1993 M., 1995
• Ethno-confessional self-awareness of the Armenian-Byzantine nobility in the XI-XII centuries. // The elite and ethnic group of the Middle Ages. M., 1995
• Orthodox Armenians in the context of the struggle for the union of churches in the Christian East // Traditions and heritage of the Christian East: Proceedings of the international. conf. M., 1996.S. 23-62
• To the question of authorship of the Epistle to Zechariah // Byzantine essays. M., 1996
• The formation of a new socio-administrative structure in the Armenian-Byzantine contact zone // Bulletin of Yerevan University. 1996. No. 1.
• “The Tale of Armenian Affairs” - a monument to the Armenian-Byzantine contact zone (V — VII centuries) // Foreigners in Byzantium. Byzantines abroad of their homeland. M., 1997
• Methods for creating a positive image of the Byzantine Empire in Armenian historiography (period of expansion) // Alien: overcoming experiences: Essays from the history of Mediterranean culture. M., 1999. S. 277-309
• Byzantine ideologies in Armenian historiography // Comparative study of civilizations: An interdisciplinary approach. M., 1999
• Byzantium and Armenia in the 10th-12th centuries: zone of contact // Byzantium between East and West. SPb., 1999
• Relics in the system of Armenian-Byzantine relations: religious and political aspects // Relics in the art and culture of the East Christian world / Ed. A.M. Lidov. M., 2000.S. 50-52
• To the question of the original part of “The Story of Armenian Affairs” // The most ancient states of Eastern Europe: Materials and researches, 1998 M., 2000
• Armenian Orthodox community in the VI – VII centuries // Armenia and the Christian East. SPb., 2001
• Armenia and Byzantium in the 7th century: synthesis contact zone // Byzantine time-book. M., 2002.V. 61 (86)
• Imaginary realities of theological polemics in Armenia of the 9th century // The oldest states of Eastern Europe. M., 2003 S. 5-13
• “The Story of Armenian Affairs” (7th c.): Source and time. M., 2004
• Gregory the Illuminator // Orthodox Encyclopedia. M., 2006.V. 13
• "Transcaucasian dossier" by Konstantin VII Bagryanorodny. Information and informants // Byzantine essays. St. Petersburg, 2006. S. 5-18
• Chalkidonite Armenians: Identity at the Crossroads of Ethnicity and Denomination // Historical Myths and National Identity. M., 2007
• The polemic between the Chalcedonites and Monophysites and the correspondence of the patriarch Photius // Bulletin of the PSTU. Series I. 2010, pp. 23-33

• Dzhagatspanyan E.D. Harutyunova-Fidanyan, Viada Arturovna // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2001. - T. III. - S. 472. - 752 p. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89572-008-0 .

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