quents of Avchala , Armenian Cultural Union of Baku , victims of the earthquake in Akhalkalaki , etc . According to the long-term research by Alexander Mantashyants ' biographer Khachatur Dadayan , the total amount of Mantashyan ' s charities amounted to more than 2 million 500 thousand rubles . Yet , he had bigger plans and desires that he did not manage to fulfill .
Alexander Mantashyants was a happy parent and husband . His wife , Daria Tamamshyan , came from a well-known noble family of Tiflis . Daria and Alexander had eight children . She passed away in 1909 . The family friend Vardapet Komitas attended the funeral of Mantashyants ' wife . A year and a half after his wife ’ s death , the pioneer of the Armenian commerce of the late 19th - 20th century , the oil king Alexander Mantashyants died . His premature death occurred on April 19 , 1911 in St . Petersburg . The unprecedented funerals took place in Tiflis with crowds of people stretching for miles and flowers scattered everywhere . Mantashyants was buried in their family