Leonid Azgaldyan

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Leonid Azgaldyan
Combat Cross of the First Degree
Websiteazgaldyan.am

Leonid Rubeni Azgaldyan (

special operations force known as the Liberation Army (Armenian: Ազատագրական Բանակ).[1][2]

Biography

Azgaldyan on a 2017 stamp of Nagorno-Karabakh

Leonid Azgaldyan was born on 22 November 1942 in

Armenian SSR. In 1959 he graduated from Yerevan School after A. Mravyan, and in 1960 he was admitted into the Physics Department of Moscow State University. He later transferred and graduated with honors from the same department at Yerevan State University, specializing in radiophysics. After graduating, he worked in various spheres of the Soviet economy
, focusing mainly on planning methodology, automation of government systems and automated systems for scientific research.

Leonid Azgaldyan was one of the pioneers of the

special operations force
, whose declared goal was to preserve the self-determination and defense of the local Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Azgaldyan was killed on 21 June 1992 in

References

  1. ^ "Video: Leonid Azgaldyan, A Soldier of Independence". Hetq. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. ^ "IN THE MEMORY OF LEONID AZGALDYAN". Hay Zinvor newspaper, Defense Ministry of Armenia. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. ^ Hetq.am: A Soldier of Independence Archived 29 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ haybachdban.org: AN ESSAY ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARMENIAN FIGHTERS OF ARTSAKH WAR (1988–1994) Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links