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

Staff of Armenian volunteers; Khetcho, Drastamat Kanayan, and Karekin Pastermadjian, 1914
General Dro, third from the right, leading the second battalion in 1915
Sose Mayrig with Drastamat Kanayan in Egypt, 1947.
Dro's mausoleum in Aparan, Armenia
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Dro's grave in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts (pre-reinterment in Armenia)
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