On February 26, 2002, leading researcher of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Sharaf Charkazovich Ashiryan died in Moscow after a serious illness. Sh. Ch. Ashiryan was born on January 17, 1932 in the village of Chobanmaz in the Aragats region of the Armenian SSR. In 1951, he entered the Geography Department of Yerevan State University, and after graduating from it, he worked in the editorial office of the Kurdish newspaper "Rya Taza" ("New Way"), first as a literary worker, and then as head of the department of party life until 1966. In the same year, he entered the postgraduate program of the AON under the Central Committee of the CPSU. Here he defends his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences on the topic "The National Democratic Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1961-1968". The dissertation was published in Moscow in 1975 in the form of a monograph. And in 1978, in Beirut, the Kurdish publishing house "Kava"carried out its publication in Arabic. From 1970 to 1977, Sh. Ch. Ashiryan worked in the Kurdish Studies Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Armenian Academy of Sciences as a senior researcher. From 1977 to 1990, he was an Associate Professor of the Department of Scientific Communism of the Yerevan State Polytechnic Institute. Marx, where he gave a course of lectures on these problems. At the same time, he was preparing a doctoral dissertation on the topic: "The Kurdish problem in Iraq in 1970 - 1980", which he successfully defended at the Academy of Social Sciences. This work was published in 1989. In total, Sh. Ch. Ashiryan wrote about 50 scientific articles.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Sh. Ch. Ashiryan moved to Moscow and from 1997 to 2001 headed the editorial board of the magazine of the Kurdish Diaspora in Russia "Druzhba", making a great contribution to cultural and educational work among the Kurds of the CIS, rooting for the improvement of their sometimes difficult legal and economic situation. In addition, he was a member of the" Kurdish Parliament in Exile " (now the Kurdish National Committee) and did a lot of organizational and political work among foreign Kurds.

Sharaf Charkazovich Ashiryan was a modest, friendly friend, took an active part in public and scientific events. His modesty and benevolence earned him the respect of his comrades. The bright memory of him will always remain in the hearts of all who knew and communicated with him.

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