Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
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Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan (
Biography
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan was born Artush Oganesovich Tadevosyan in
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Thereafter, he went to Nagorno-Karabakh to train soldiers. Ter-Tadevosyan was appointed Head of Training Corps Defense Committee in 1991. In 1992 he was named commander of the operation (dubbed "Operation Wedding in the Mountains") to seize the strategic town of Shushi, the capture of which on 9 May 1992 marked the first significant military victory by Armenian forces during the
Later life and death
In May 2000, Ter-Tadevosyan left the Yerkrapah veterans union and founded the Veterans of the War of Liberation organization, although he left it in July of that year, expressing personal grievances about those who had joined it.[7]
The President of the
During the later years of his military career Ter-Tadevosyan supervised the training of specialists in the Armenian armed forces.
Legacy
On 8 May 2021, which is the
Awards
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class
- Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class
- Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class
- Order of the Combat Cross, 1st class
- Hero of Artsakh (2009)
- National Hero of Armenia (2021, posthumously)[18]
References
- ^ Anon. Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Chronology of Key Events February 1988-June 2003 Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. NKR Office in Washington D.C. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
- ^ "Armenian general on OSCE MG co-chairs’ parity." Tert. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ISBN 1-85043-635-5
- ^ a b Khachatryan, H. M. (2004). "Ter-Tadevosyan, Arkadi Ivani". In Ayvazyan, H. M. (ed.). Ղարաբաղյան ազատագրական պատերազմ [Karabakh Liberation War]. Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. p. 629. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b (in Armenian) Կոմանդոս. Կենաց պայքար (Komandos: A Struggle for Survival) Archived 2018-07-18 at the Wayback Machine." Panarmenian.net. November 2, 2010.
- ^ "ACNIS Salutes the Armenian Armed Forces on Army Day". January 28, 2010. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting. CRS No. 52, October 6, 2000. Retrieved July 16, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ NKR President decorates Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan with the Golden Eagle Order Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ Commandos: struggle for survival, Panarmenian.net, 2010 Archived 2017-10-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- ^ "Legendary commander Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan dies aged 81". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's condolence message on passing of Artsakh Hero Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan". www.primeminister.am. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "The life of Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan is a guide to military courage, military education and military-patriotic upbringing. President Armen Sarkissian - Press releases - Updates - The President of the Republic of Armenia". www.president.am. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "Armenia ex-President Kocharyan extends condolences on Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan's death". news.am. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "Requiem Service for Artsakh hero Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan to be held at Yerevan sport-concert complex". news.am. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "Major-General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan posthumously named National Hero of Armenia".
- ^ "Acting PM hands over Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan's Order of Motherland to his son". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ "He was not only a hero and a legendary commander, but, first of all, an honest intellectual and a simple man. President Sarkissian visited the family of the Artsakh Hero, Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan - Press releases - Updates - The President of the Republic of Armenia". www.president.am. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ "Легендарному Коммандосу посмертно присвоено звание Национального героя Армении". newsarmenia.am (in Russian). Novosti-Armenia. 2021-05-08.
Further reading
- (in Armenian) "Tadevosyan, Arkady" entry in the Encyclopedia of Karabakh Liberation War: 1988-1994. Yerevan, 2004.
External links
- A song dedicated to Komandos on YouTube
- An interview with Kommandos on YouTube