Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
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.
| Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan | |
|---|---|
 Ter-Tadevosyan in Shusha in 2012 | |
| Native name | Արկադի Տեր-Թադևոսյան |
| Birth name | Artush Tadevosyan |
| Nickname | Komandos (in Nagorno-Karabakh) Mountain Fox (in Afghanistan) |
| Born | 22 May 1939 Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia, Soviet Union |
| Died | 31 March 2021 (aged 81) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenia |
| Service/branch | .svg){kind=small} Soviet ArmyNagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Armed Forces of Armenia |
| Rank | Major General (1992) |
| Commands held | Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army[1] |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Capture of Shusha |
| Awards | see below |
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Legendary commander Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan dies aged 81". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
More readings
- "Tadevosyan, Arkady" entry in the Encyclopedia of Karabakh Liberation War: 1988-1994. Yerevan, 2004.