Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
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Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (Armenian: Արկադի Հովհանեսի Տեր-Թադևոսյան; also known by the troops under his command as Komandos (Russian: Командоc); May 22, 1939 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) was a military leader of the Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Ter-Tadevosyan is best known as the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi in May 1992.
Biography [change]
Ter-Tadevosyan was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He attended a military academy in Saint Petersburg.
Sources [change]
- "Tadevosyan, Arkady" entry in the Encyclopedia of Karabakh Liberation War: 1988-1994. Yerevan, 2004.