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5th Army Corps (Armenia)
The 5th Army Corps ( hy, 5-րդ բանակային կորպուս) is a corps, a military formation, of the Armenian Army. The 5th Army Corps was formed in 1998. The corps commander is Smbat Grigoryan. Structure The corps consists of the following: * 9th Fortified Region * Fortified Region * 4th Independent Motor Rifle Regiment ''"Tamanyan"'' (Yerevan) * 545th Motor Rifle Regiment ''"Andranik Ozanyan"'' (Nurabashen) *61st Separate Engineering Regiment (Echmiadzin) It also has reconnaissance, tank, and artillery battalions as well as self-propelled artillery and rear service battalions. Activities Units from the corps are stationed close to the Armenian-Turkish border. Together with the Russian 102nd Military Base, the corps makes up the United Group of Forces, set up in 2000 by President Robert Kocharyan and President Vladimir Putin. Units of the corps took part in the 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani skirmishes. The corps was thought to be a key player during the 2021 Armenian co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence Of Armenia
The Ministry of Defence of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի պաշտպանության նախարարություն) often abbreviated to the RA Ministry of Defence is an Armenian governmental agency in charge of overseeing the development of the Armed Forces of Armenia. The Ministry of Defense is also the executive body which implements the policies of the Armenian Government in the defense sector. It particularly oversees the budget of the armed forces and ensures the safety of troops. It is located on 5 Bagrevand Street, Yerevan. The ministry was officially established on 28 January 1992 by decree of the President of Armenia. History On 5 December 1991, by the decision of the Government of the Armenian SSR, the State Defense Committee under the Council of Ministers was created. The first head of this department was Vazgen Sargsyan. On 28 January 1992, the Government of Armenia adopted a resolution "On the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia", which was actually a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed". RFE/RL is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent government agency overseeing all U.S. federal government international broadcasting services. Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor-in-chief of RFE. RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 languages to 23 countries. The organization has been headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, since 1995, and has 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff and 1,300 stringers and freelancers in countries throughout their broadcast region. In addition, it has 700 employees at its headquarters and corporate office in Washington, D.C. Radio Free E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The army was established in January 1918. The Bolsheviks raised an army to oppose the military confederations (especially the various groups collectively known as the White Army) of their adversaries during the Russian Civil War. Starting in February 1946, the Red Army, along with the Soviet Navy, embodied the main component of the Soviet Armed Forces; taking the official name of "Soviet Army", until its dissolution in 1991. The Red Army provided the largest land force in the Allied victory in the European theatre of World War II, and its invasion of Manchuria assisted the unconditional surrender of Imperial Japan. During operations on the Eastern Front, it accounted for 75–80% of casual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
89th Tamanyan Division
The 89th Infantry Rifle Division (russian: 89-я стрелковая дивизия; ), or the Tamanyan Division, was a distinguished division in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. The division was primarily remembered for its second formation, composed primarily of ethnic Armenians and fought in numerous battles during the war. First Formation The division was established at Kursk prior to June 1941. On 22 June 1941 it was part of 30th Rifle Corps in the interior Orel Military District. Fighting as part of the 19th Army, it was wiped out at Vyazma in October 1941. Second Formation The division was re-formed in December 1941 in the capital of the Armenian SSR, Yerevan, following the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was a redesignation of the 474th Rifle Division, which was formed on 14 December 1941 and renumbered the 89th Rifle Division on 26 December 1941. Over the course of the war period, the division had a number of commanders, including Colonel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagorno Karabakh Republic
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, including the capital of Stepanakert. It is an enclave within Azerbaijan. Its only overland access route to Armenia is via the wide Lachin corridor which is under the control of Russian peacekeepers. The predominantly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh was claimed by both the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia when both countries became independent in 1918 after the fall of the Russian Empire, and a brief war over the region broke out in 1920. The dispute was largely shelved after the Soviet Union established control over the area, and created the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) within the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923. In the leadup to the fall of the Sovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Hero Of Armenia
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OC Media
OC Media (Open Caucasus Media) is an independent online news platform covering news from the North and South Caucasus regions. Overview OC Media is a Tbilisi-based website that publishes in English and Russian. The website was launched by journalists Mariam Nikuradze and Dominik K. Cagara and brings together journalists from throughout the Caucasus. The site covers the South Caucasus nations of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Russia's North Caucasus republics, and the disputed territories of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and South Ossetia. OC Media receives funding from different organizations and institutions as well as their readers. It has received funding from organizations such as UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Open Society Foundations, the National Endowment for Democracy, the European Endowment for Democracy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation. In March 2020, Georgian rights group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the testimony of Witness, observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media. Common topics for news reports include war, government, politics, education, health, the Climate change, environment, economy, business, fashion, entertainment, and sport, as well as Wikipedia:Unusual articles, quirky or unusual events. Government proclamations, concerning Monarchy, royal ceremonies, Law, laws, Tax, taxes, public health, and Crime, criminals, have been dubbed news since ancient times. Technology, Technological and Social change, social developments, often driven by government communication and espionage networks, have increased the speed with which news can spread, as well as influenced its conten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artak Davtyan
Artak Matevosi Davtyan (Armenian: Արտակ Մաթևոսի Դավթյան; born March 31, 1970) is an Armenian Lieutenant General who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces from May 2018 to June 2020 and again from March 2021 to February 2022. Early life and military service Artak Davtyan was born in 1970 in the village of Bambakashat, in the Hoktemberyan region (now located in Armavir province) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. He took part in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War from 1988 to 1992, quickly rising through the ranks of the newly formed Armenian Army. Starting in 1992, Davtyan began to serve as either the commander or deputy commander of various military units. During that same time, he was also enrolled in military academies in Russia. In 2006, Davtyan began to work at the departments of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces. On January 31, 2009, he was appointed head of the operative department and was relieved of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Abrahamyan
Karen Abrahamyan (Armenian: Կարեն_Աբրահամյան; born 4 December 1966) is a politician and general, who is the former Minister of Defence of Artsakh. Biography He was born in the village of Khcaberd of the Hadrut Province of the Azerbaijan SSR. It was there where he attended the M. Manvelyan Secondary School, of which he graduated from in 1984. In the 6 years after he graduated, he studied at the Institute of National Economy of Armenia with a major in economics. From 1990 to 1992, Abrahamyan worked in Hadrut's Savings Bank as a crediting instructor, chief accountant and then Savings Bank's manager. In the mid-1990s, he began to become more involved in the activities of the newly formed defense army in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. During this time, he had assumed various military positions, such as platoon commander, deputy commander, and a chief of staff a regiment. In 1998, entered the Russian Defense Ministry’s Military University and graduated with honours. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andranik Makaryan
Andranik Artavazd Makaryan ( hy, Անդրանիկ Արտավազդի Մակարյան) is an Armenian Army lieutenant general. He is a Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff. He has also held various senior positions in the armed forces. Early career He was born on 12 May 1966 in the village of Chinari, in the rayon of Shamshadin of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. He served in the Soviet Army from 1984 to 1986. In 1991, he graduated from the Higher School of the KGB (now the FSB Academy). After graduating, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Hoktemberyan Border Detachment of the Transcaucasian District of the Soviet Border Troops. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he joined the Armenian Armed Forces in March 1992. From 1995 to 1998 he studied at the Frunze Military Academy. In 2006 he entered the Russian General Staff Academy, graduating with honors. Further career In 2010, he was appointed by Bako Sahakyan as Deputy Commander of Artsakh Defence A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyran Ohanyan
Seyran Musheghi Ohanyan ( hy, Սեյրան Մուշեղի Օհանյան; born 1 July 1962) is an Armenian general and politician currently serving as a deputy in the National Assembly of Armenia. He served as Defence Minister of Armenia from 14 April 2008 until 3 October 2016. A native of Nagorno-Karabakh, he participated in both the first and second Karabakh wars, and from 2000 to 2007 served as defence minister of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh. Biography Early life Ohanyan was born in the town of Shusha, then in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR in the Soviet Union. In 1979, he completed high school in the village of Mrgashen, in the Nairi district of the Armenian SSR (now located in the Kotayk province of Armenia).Seyran Ohanyan . Ministry of Defence of Armenia. Accessed 10 January 2010. Sovi ...
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