Gurgen Dalibaltayan
Gurgen Dalibaltayan | |
|---|---|
Colonel-General | |
| Commands held | 34th Infantry Regiment 60th Infantry Division 242nd Infantry Division |
| Battles/wars | First Nagorno-Karabakh War Battle of Shusha |
| Awards | see below |
Gurgen Harutyun Dalibaltayan (
Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan, encircled the town and cut off reinforcements. His strategy is generally considered impossible, or at least implausible, as he was originally outnumbered. General military tactics suggest a force of three times the defender's size to successfully storm and win.[1]
Early life
Dalibaltayan was born in the Armenian-populated town of Bogdanovka (present-day
Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia), near the border with Armenia. He attended the Secondary School of Gorelovka from 1934 to 1944. Upon graduating, he spent three years at the Tbilisi School of Infantry. Dalibaltayan then joined the ranks of the Soviet Army
.
Military career
Soviet Army
Dalibaltayan held various commanding positions in
Fall of the Soviet Union
.
Armenian Army
The
Great Patriotic War during World War II
.
Following the war, he worked as the Advisor to the President of Armenia and the chief military inspector from 1993 to 2007. As of 2007, he was the Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense.[citation needed]
Personal life
He was married to Shushanik Dalibaltayan (née Khachatryan). They have two children, a daughter Varduhi (b. 1952) and a son Varazdat (b. 1954). Dalibaltayan was an honorary citizen of Yerevan.[5] He died on 1 September 2015 at the age of 89.[6]
Awards
Order of the Red Banner- Order of the Red Star
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
- Order of the Combat Cross, 1st degree (1998)
Medal "For Services to the Fatherland"- Medal "For Distinguished Service", 1st class
- Medal "For Distinguished Service", 2nd class
- Nerses the Gracious
Order of the Combat Cross, 1st degree (2000)- National Hero of Armenia (2021, posthumously)
References
- ^ a b "Vazgen Manoukian: We ought to save our Shushi for ages". Times.am. 8 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "Capture of Shusha". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "Shoushi is free for already 19 years". Slaq.am. Retrieved 16 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0-8147-1945-7
- ^ Երևանի պատվավոր քաղաքացիները (in Armenian). Yerevan.am. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Dedicated Serviceman: Gurgen Dalibaltayan dead, aged 89". ArmeniaNow. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
External links
- The whole Armenian nation was participating in the liberation of Shoushi
- Dalibaltayan describes the liberation of Shushi on YouTube
