Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Киракос Гандзакеци" in Russian language version.
Kirakos is one of the most important Armenian historians of the 13th century. He was born in the region of Ganja and received his early formation at the monastic school of Nor Getik under the eminent savant Vanakan Vardapet.
A historian with particularly valuable information on the Mongols, he was taken captive by the Tatars in 1236. He was subsequently returned to Armenia, and he moved to Cilicia, where he died