Make Way For Tomorrow (1st Part)

Born in Tbilisi. In 1963 he graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute. In 1963-1975 he worked as a stage director at the Sundukyan National Academic Theatre in Yerevan. From 1967 Hrachya Ashughyan taught at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema, and from 1992 at the Faculty of Culture of the Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan. From 1975 he staged a number of productions for television theatre. Professor from 2002. In 2001 H. Ashughyan was awarded the Movses Khorenatsi Medal of the RA, in 2006 the title of People's Artist of the RA and the gold medal of the Union of Theatre Workers of Armenia, and in 2013 the title of Honorary Citizen of Yerevan. He died in Yerevan.