Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Armenian general and military commander (1939–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan (Armenian: Արկադի Իվանի (Հովհաննեսի) Տեր-Թադևոսյան; Russian: Аркадий Иванович Тер-Тадевосян; May 22, 1939 – March 31, 2021), also known by his nom-de-guerre Komandos (Armenian: Կոմանդոս), was a Soviet and Armenian Major General, a military leader of the Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Armenia's former Deputy Minister of Defense.[2] Ter-Tadevosyan is best known as the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi on 8–9 May 1992.[3]
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Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan | |
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Native name | Արկադի Տեր-Թադևոսյան |
Birth name | Artush Tadevosyan |
Nickname(s) | Komandos (in Nagorno-Karabakh) Mountain Fox (in Afghanistan) |
Born | (1939-05-22)22 May 1939 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | March 31, 2021(2021-03-31) (aged 81) Yerevan, Armenia |
Allegiance | Soviet Union Artsakh Armenia |
Service/ | Soviet Army Artsakh 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 Shushi |
Awards | see below |
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