Mikael Nalbandian  is an Armenian writer, philosopher, revolutionary democrat and a utopian socialist. 

 

He was born on 2 (14) of November, 1829 in New Nakhichevan (now the district of Rostov-na-Donu in Russia). In 1855-58 he studied at the medical faculty of Moscow University. In 1858-60 worked in the Moscow Armenian journal "Hyusisapayl" or "Northern Lights" in English. 

 

During the revolutionary situation in Russia in 1859-61, Nalbandian under the influence of propaganda, "Bells" and "Contemporary" was the first Armenian writer, who moved to the position of revolutionary democracy. In the period from 1860 to 1862 he traveled to Turkey, India, the countries of Western Europe. In Constantinople, Nalbandian established secret revolutionary society "Party of Youth" around the Armenian journal "Megu" ("Bee"). In London, the writer became friends with A. I. Herzen, N. P. Ogarev, M. A. Bakunin, as well as N. A. Serno-Solovyevich and others. 

 

Upon his return to Russia, Nalbandian was arrested and imprisoned in the fortress of Petropavlovsk (July 1862. In November 1865 Mikael Nalbandian died. 

 

Mikael Nalbandian died in Kamyshin March 31 (April 12), 1866.

 

Mikael Nalbandian was very educated, engaged in matters of philosophy, political economy, linguistics, and pedagogy. He was a follower of anthropological materialism of Ludwig Feuerbach and N. G. Chernishevsky, a promoter of natural sciences. The philosophy of Nalbandian is an important milestone in the history of the Armenian literacy.