811th Lachin Alpine Rifle Regiment
Rifle regiment in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 811th Lachin Alpine Rifle Regiment (Azerbaijani: 811 сајлы Лачын дағ-атыҹы алајы/811 saylı Laçın dağ-atıcı alayı), or simply the Lachin Regiment (Azerbaijani: Лачын алајы/Laçın alayı), was a rifle regiment in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, directly subordinated to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, and designated for alpine warfare in Lachin District of Azerbaijan during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
811th Lachin Alpine Rifle Regiment | |
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Azerbaijani: 811 сајлы Лачын дағ-атыҹы алајы 811 saylı Laçın dağ-atıcı alayı | |
Active | 27 March 1992–30 April 1992 (de jure) 15 October 1993 (de facto) |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Allegiance | Azerbaijani Armed Forces |
Branch | Azerbaijani Land Forces |
Type | Rifle regiment |
Role | Alpine warfare |
Size | 1,000+ (March 1992) |
Garrison/HQ | Lachin (until April 1992) |
Engagements | First Nagorno-Karabakh War
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Commanders | |
Current commander | Arif Pasha |
Chief of staff | Rafig Nagiyev |
The regiment was established on 27 March 1992, on the basis of Lachin Territorial Self-Defence Battalion. The regiment was abolished by the decree of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence on 30 April 1992, two weeks before the Armenian forces occupied Lachin. Despite this, the regiment continued its activity until late-1993, taking part in the battles in Lachin and Shusha.