Alexander Shirvanzade

Alexander Shirvanzade was born on Apr 18, 1858 in Russian Empire [now Azerbaijan]. Alexander Shirvanzade's big-screen debut came with Honor directed by Amo Bek-Nazaryan in 1925. Alexander Shirvanzade is known for Patvi hamar directed by Artashes Hay-Artyan, Hrachia Nersisyan stars as Andreas Elizbarov and Avet Avetisyan as Saghatel. The upcoming new movie Alexander Shirvanzade plays is Qaos which will be released on Nov 14, 1974.

Armenian novelist Alexander Shirvanzade was born Aleksandr Movsesyan in Shirvan, Azerbaijan, in 1858. His father was a tailor. At age 17 Shirvanzade found work in the Caspian Sea city of Baku, Azerbaijan, which was seeing a boom because of its vast oil reserves. He worked in various capacities--clerk, accountant--for a number of different oil companies, but still found time to immerse himself in the works of Russian and Armenian writers, as well as such Western European writers as