Shiraz was born Onik Tadevosi Karapetyan in the city of Alexandropol, then part of the Russian Empire. His mother, Astghik, was widowed by the Armenian genocide shortly before his birth. Shiraz grew u
Shiraz in 2015
Hovhannes Shiraz's tombstone in Komitas Pantheon
Hovhannes Shiraz House-Museum in Gyumri
Levon Mkrtchyan directing "Hovhannes Shiraz: A Documentary", 1983