Drastamat Kanayan

Drastamat Kanayan

General Drastamat Kanayan (May 31, 1884 – March 8, 1956) was an Armenian politician, revolutionary, and general. He was the commander of the Armenian Legion of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany and part of Armenian national liberation movement.

Drastamat Kanayan was born in Iğdır, Surmalu, Russian Empire (present-day Turkey) in 1884.

Drastamat Kanayan Media

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  Staff of Armenian volunteers; Khetcho, Drastamat Kanayan, and Karekin Pastermadjian, 1914

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  General Dro, third from the right, leading the second battalion in 1915

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  Դրաստամատ Կանայան (Դրո) - Drastamat Kanayan (Dro)

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