title: Khachatur
text: # Khachatur
  
  Khachatur (Armenian: Խաչատուր from խաչ (xačʿ, "cross") + տուր (tur, "something given" = "given by cross". It may refer to:
  
  * Khachatur Abovian (1809–1848), Armenian writer and national public figure who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was presumed dead
  * Khachatur Avetisyan (1926–1996), influential Armenian-Soviet composer
  * Khachatur Kesaratsi (1590–1646), archbishop, credited with the founding of the first printing press in Iran
  * Khachatur Maloumian (1865), Dashnak; editor of Mushak and Droshak
  * Khachatur Malumian, a.k.a. Aknuni (1863–1915), Armenian journalist and political activist
  * Khachatur of Taron, Armenian poet and musician who occupies a special place among the writers of Sharakans
  * Khachatur-Bek of Mush, Armenian Bek in the first half of the 19th century
  