nzhdeh was a philosopher, statesman and "fedayi" of the first half of the twentieth century, who left an enduring legacy in the history of armenia, and is still one of the driving forces of armenian nationalism. kakosyan praised him as the "prophet of the armenians". nzhdeh founded a movement named "tseghakron" ("religion of the nation"), which was among the core doctrines of the armenian youth federation. in nzhdeh's poetic mythology, the armenian nation is identified as atlas upholding the ordered world, and it makes reference to hayk, the mythical patriarch of the armenians, and to vahagn, the solar and warrior god "fighter of the serpent", as means through which to awaken the armenian nation and raise its spirit. nzhdeh's movement took place in the aftermath of the armenian genocide of 1915.