Having been educated in
Kars and
Constantinople, he lived mostly in
Transcaucasia, wandering from one city to another (
Alexandropol,
Tiflis,
Akhalkalaki,
Baku, etc.) and in
Tabriz. In the mid-1890s he was incarcerated by the Russian government for his political activities in the ranks of the
Hunchak Party. Atrpet toured Europe in 1905–06, and spent the rest of his life in Alexandrapol (Leninakan, now
Gyumri, Armenia). Many of his works are still scattered in Armenian periodicals. Atrpet was also known for his articles on
Armenian history and
numismatics. Atrpet is mostly recognized as the author of the popular
novel Tjvjik. ==References==