Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan

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Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Ter-Tadevosyan in Shusha in 2012
Native nameԱրկադի Տեր-Թադևոսյան
Birth nameArtush Tadevosyan
NicknameKomandos (in Nagorno-Karabakh)
Mountain Fox (in Afghanistan)
Born(1939-05-22)22 May 1939
Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia, Soviet Union
Died31 March 2021(2021-03-31) (aged 81)
Yerevan, Armenia
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union
Republic of Artsakh Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Armenia Armenia
Service/branch Soviet Army
Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
Armed Forces of Armenia
RankMajor General (1992)
Commands heldNagorno-Karabakh Defense Army[1]
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Capture of Shusha
Awardssee below

Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan (Armenian: Արկադի Իվանի (Հովհաննեսի) Տեր-Թադևոսյան; Russian: Аркадий Иванович Тер-Тадевосян; May 22, 1939 – March 31, 2021) was an Armenian military leader of the Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. He is best known as the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi in May 1992.

He has the rank of major general in the Armenian Army. He attended a military academy in Saint Petersburg and served in the Soviet Army.

Yer-Tadevosyan died on March 31, 2021 in Yerevan at the age of 80.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. Anon. Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Chronology of Key Events February 1988-June 2003 Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. NKR Office in Washington D.C. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
  2. "Legendary commander Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan dies aged 81". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-03-31.

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