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=== Early years ===
Gurdjieff was born in Alexandropol, [[GyumriRussian Empire]], Armenia (formerly Alexandropol,now [[Yerevan GovernorateGyumri]], Armenia). His father Ivan Ivanovich Gurdjieff was [[Greeks|Greek]], and a renowned [[ashik|ashugh]] under the pseudonym of 'Adash', who in the 1870s managed large herds of cattle and sheep.<ref>{{harvnb|Gurdjieff|1963|pp=32, 40}}</ref> The long-held view is that Gurdjieff's mother was [[Armenians|Armenian]], although some scholars have recently speculated that she too was Greek.<ref>* {{harvnb|Pittman|2012|p=223}}: "Though the long-held view is that Gurdjieff's mother was Armenian, Paul Taylor, on the basis of recent research, offers that Gurdjieff's mother's father was Greek (Taylor 2008)."
* {{harvnb|Taylor|2020|p=14}}: "If it seems odd that an Armenian woman would carry a Greek name, it is apparent that that Gurdjieff's mother was Greek as well as his father, confirming Gurdjieff's frequent assertion that his mother tongue was Greek. Gurdjieff's German papers, which he carried during the Second World War, identified him as Greek."
* {{harvnb|Churton|2017|pp=19–25}}: "Archival Records:{{nbsp}}... One thing we can be reasonably certain of is that both Gurdjieff's parents were Greek.{{nbsp}}... It is quite possible that Ivan met the Greek Evdokia in Alexandropol's substantial Greek quarter, known as Urmonts,{{nbsp}}..."
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