Hovhannes Tumanyan in a burka and papakha

Hovhannes Tumanyan in a burka and papakha. He was born in the village of Dsegh in Lori.

The photograph shows a bearded man in a white shaggy papakha and a dark, ankle-length burka, under which a light shirt and a belt are visible. He stands on a grassy slope near bushes and stones.

Hovhannes Tadevosi Tumanyan was an Armenian poet, writer and public figure, the national poet of Armenia.