Tovmas Nazarbekian

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General

Tovmas Nazarbekian
Major-general (Russia)
Lieutenant general (Armenia)
Commands held66th Infantry Division
2nd Brigade of the Caucasus
Battles/warsRusso-Turkish War
Russo-Japanese War
World War I

Armenian National Liberation Movement

Awardssee below

Tovmas Nazarbekian (

Russian Caucasus Army and later promoted to commander-in-chief of the First Republic of Armenia
.

Early life

Tovmas (Thomas) Nazarbekian was born to a wealthy Russianized noble family of Armenian descent in

Tiflis. He attended the military academy in Moscow. His early military engagements include the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 and the Russo-Japanese War
of 1904–05.

Nazarbekian was awarded the

Major-general
in 1906.

World War I

Nazarbekian (center) with high-ranking army officers.

Following the outbreak of World War I, he was appointed as a general to fight in the Caucasus, initially in the Persian Campaign. His military achievements include his victory in the Battle of Dilman over Khalil Pasha. He also commanded the forces that took Bitlis in the dead of winter, and took his army down through the mountains of Eastern Anatolia to the plains of Mush. He engaged with the Ottoman 3rd Army at the Battle of Mush and captured the city Mush. Later he moved toward Bitlis. The success in Battle of Bitlis led to the furthermost Russian advance into Anatolia. These military achievements earned him the admiration of military critics both in Europe and America. In this position, he supported the British Mesopotamian Army by disrupting supply lines. He established the outposts which made possible the further advance of the British in the Mesopotamian campaign. Following the army's advance beyond Bitlis, he was in close co-operation with the British General Marshal. General Nazarbekov, for his achievements, was decorated by the French Government.

In 1917, the chaos caused by the

Armenian National Councils) collected 50,000 soldiers under Nazarbekian. On 5 December 1917, the Special Transcaucasian Committee negotiated with the 3rd Army the Armistice of Erzincan, which froze the conflicts until 7 February 1918. Before 7 February the regiments of the Armenian Corps were immediately deployed to the front. With the help of their Christian neighbors, Armenian forces increased in size until they numbered 150,000 armed men on the border. By the end of January, 1918, Nazarbekian's divisions occupied the major positions from Yerevan to Van and Erzinjan. In the following conflicts, he was driven back to Dilidjan in May 1918. However, at the Battle of Karakilisa he pushed the advancing Ottoman 3rd Army back for a few days, giving the Armenian forces time to prepare for the Battle of Sardarabad.[1]

First Republic of Armenia

Nazarbekian
See also: First Republic of Armenia

Nazarbekian was appointed the first ever Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the First Republic of Armenia. He used his knowledge and experience to aid in the creation of the Armenian regular army. On 25 March 1919 he was appointed Chairman of the Military Council of Armenia, and on 15 July 1919 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. Nazarbekian remained politically neutral during the years of the First Republic.[2]

During the

Caucasus Campaign from 1914 to 1918. Nazarbekian remained in Tiflis until his death in 1931.[3]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-312-10168-6
  2. ISBN 978-1-4000-9677-0
    .
  3. ^ Brief biography
  4. ^ Razvedchik Journal, page 819, 4 July 1916

R. O. Sahakyan. Lieutenant-General Tovmas Nazarbekyan's role in military operations of the Russian army against the Turkish genocidal forces (1914-1916). Dedicated to the 160th birth anniversary of Tovmas Nazarbekyan http://www.fundamentalarmenology.am/datas/pdfs/270.pdf

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