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Yerkrapah Volunteer Union (Armenian: «Երկրապահ» կամավորական միություն, ԵԿՄ «Yerkrapah» kamavorakan miut'yun, YeKM) or Yerkrapah Union of Veterans, meaning Defenders of the Land, is an Armenian non-governmental group that consisted of 6,000 veterans of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, formed by Vazgen Sargsyan. [5]
Ivan Bagramyan, who is the namesake for the medal, during a military parade in Riga in 1955.. The Marshal Baghramyan Medal is awarded to persons who participated in hostilities in the Second World War, labor veterans who are actively involved in the education of youth in a military-patriotic spirit, generals and officers, rank and file and sergeants of the armed forces, which were directly ...
The Artsakh Freedom Fighters Union (Armenian: Արցախի ազատամարտիկների միություն) was a military veterans organization of the Artsakh Defence Army. It served as an organization that honours Soviet /Armenian veterans of war, whether they hailed from Armenia or the de facto Republic of Artsakh (Republic of Nagorno ...
VOMA (Armenian: Ողջ մնալու արվեստ, lit. 'Art of Survival') is an Armenian non-governmental organization established in 2014, created by a group of professional military personnel and veterans who announced their purpose to develop a society capable of defending itself in a war. [1]
Under John Tzimisces, an Armenian contingent also participated in the campaigns against the Rus in 971, and under Basil II, in 986, there was an Armenian participation in the campaigns against the Bulgars. Armenian mercenaries were also present in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople, and there existed Armenian military colonies in Cyprus. [8]
The Honour Guard Company of the Ministry of Defence of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Պաշտպանության նախարարության Պատվո պահքի գումարտակը) is a military unit of Armed Forces of Armenia that performs protocol tasks for high-ranking officials at the Presidential Palace and the Prime Minister's Residence.
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia [13] (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության զինված ուժեր, romanized: Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan zinvats uzher, abbreviated ՀՀ ԶՈՒ, HH ZU), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army (հայկական բանակ, haykakan banak), is the national military of Armenia.
Vardan Stepanyan (Armenian: Վարդան Ստեփանյան; March 9, 1966 – July 3, 1992), better known as Dushman Vardan, [A] was an Armenian military commander during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. He is considered a hero in Armenia.