Nikolay Tsaturyan, an Armenian theatre director, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81.
Tsaturyan was also an actor and playwright and was named a People’s Artist of Armenia in 2011. He served as Artistic Director of the Vardan Ajemian State Drama Theatre of Gyumri.
Born in Yerevan on January 8, 1945, he studied at the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts and later at Moscow High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. He worked at Hayfilm, assisted Yuli Raizman at Mosfilm, directed the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan, founded the Metro theatre, and had a leading role in the film Comrade Panjouni.
Nikolay Tsaturyan, 81, Armenian theatre director.