Tatul Krpeyan
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Tatul Zhorzhiki Krpeyan (Armenian: Թաթուլ Ժորժիկի Կրպեյան; 21 April 1965 – 30 April 1991) was an Armenian commander. He was the self-appointed leader of paramilitary units in Getashen and Martunashen villages in Shahumyan District of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. He was killed during Operation Ring by the Soviet Azerbaijani OMON (special police).[1]
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Tatul Krpeyan | |
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Nickname(s) | Գետաշենի արծիվ (Getasheni artsiv, "Eagle of Getashen") |
Born | (1965-04-21)April 21, 1965 Areg, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | April 30, 1991(1991-04-30) (aged 26) Getashen, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Armenian Revolutionary Federation[1] |
Years of service | 1990–1991 |
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Awards | National Hero of Armenia (1996)[2] |
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