Osiemnastowieczny ormiański bard Zakaukazia

In the article is shown figure of Sayat-Nova – the outstanding an Armenian po-et, musician and ashugh who composed a number of languages, including Armeni-an, Georgian, Azeri, Persian who lived and created in Transcaucasia in 18-th cen-tury. Sayat-Nova was born as Harutyun Sayatayan in 1712 in Tiflis. His adopted name Sayat Nova meant „King of Songs”. He was skilled in writing poetry, singing, and playing the kamancheh. He performed in the court of Heraclius II King of Georgia. He lost his position at court when he fell in love with the king's sister, and the rest of the life, after the ordination, he spent on the province as the clergyman. In 1795 he was killed by the army of Agha Mohammed Khan, and is buried at the Cathedral of Saint George, Tbilisi. About 220 songs can be attributed to Sayat-Nova, although he may have written thousands more. A number of his songs are sung to this day.