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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 ...
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]
Still, Armenia played a valuable role in aiding the allies both through industry and agriculture. An estimated 300–500,000 Armenians served in the war, almost half of whom did not return. [22] Armenia thus had one of the highest death tolls, per capita, among the other Soviet republics. Armenian Marshals and Admiral of World War II on stamps:
It was formed in January 1991 in Yerevan by volunteers from Armenia, the diaspora, and Artsakh. It was a large special operations force whose declared goal was to preserve the self-determination of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. [4] [5] Crusaders [6] «Խաչակիրներ» ջոկատ «Khachakirner» jokat Garo Kahkejian: The Deers
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 ...
Armenian American Veterans from Boston branch at Washington April 14, 1920. Massachusetts is home to one of the largest Armenian American communities in the United States, with significant concentrations in the Greater Boston area, particularly in Watertown, Cambridge, and Belmont.
The Armenian Legion (German: Armenische Legion; Armenian: Հայկական լեգիոն, romanized: Haykakan legion) was a military unit in the German Army during World War II. It primarily consisted of Soviet Armenians , who wanted to fight the Soviets for an independent Armenia and commanded by General Drastamat Kanayan .
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.