Armenian government ordered to set up a special commission for his funeral. Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan has been appointed chief of the commission, APA reports.

Silva Kaputikyan was born in city of Van, Turkey, in 1919. After the Kars agreement between Turkey and Russia Kaputikyan's family moved to Armenia, which was established in ancient Turk lands.

Beginning from early 80s, Silva wrote works on poor Armenian people propagating the so-called 'Great Armenia' and 'Armenian genocide'. She became a key ideologist of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan.