Armenian historian, researcher specializing in the study of the historical monuments of Armenia, Samvel Karapetyan passed away, Vahe Lorents, expert in tourism informed on social media.

Karapetyan is mostly known for surveying and cataloguing thousands of artifacts of Armenian history and architecture during the course of more than two decades. Serving as the head of the Yerevan branch of the NGO Research on Armenian Architecture, he headed numerous groups of Armenian specialists to old Armenian villages in Iran, Georgia and Turkey to document the historical Armenian monuments and assess their condition. He is the author of numerous scientific publications.

In 2004, Karapetyan was awarded with Mesrop Mashtots medal of the Artsakh Republic and in 2007 - with the Armenian Presidential Humanitarian Sciences Prize for his work in literature.