 He was arrested in 1936 and is believed to have been shot after a twenty-five-minute trial in 1937.The house in Goris, Armenia, where he grew up was opened in 1957 as a museum dedicated to his life and work.His most famous works are "Alpiakan manushak" (dedicated to Arpenik Charents, the first wife of Yeghishe Charents), "Lar-Markar", "Namak rusats tagavorin" ("A Letter to the Russian Tsar"), "Kyores" (1935) etc.