# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hosvep-arghouthian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:39:24.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hosvep-arghouthian"
name: "Hosvep Arghouthian"
slug: "hosvep-arghouthian"
description: "Hovsep Arghutian, known in Russian as Iosif Argutinsky-Dolgorukov, was an eighteenth-century Armenian archbishop who served as the religious leader of Armenians in the Russian Empire. He played a key role in the establishment of Armenian settlements in Russia, most notably that of Nakhichevan-on-Don. He co-founded the first Armenian press in Russia and directed its activities. He had a close personal relationship with Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin and advised them on Russia's policies in the Caucasus region. Arghutian was a committed Russophile and sought Russian support for the creation of an Armenian state. He personally participated in the Russian campaign against Persia in 1796. He was elected Catholicos of All Armenians in 1800, but died on his way to Etchmiadzin in 1801 and was never consecrated."
tagline: "18th-century Armenian archbishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hovsep_Arghutyan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1743-05-23"
deathDate: "1801-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           6.144997333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Յովսէփ Արղութեան"
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    title: "იოსებ არღუთინსკი"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump