Ashot Ghulyan ( hy, Բեկոր Աշոտ; 6 October 1959 – 24 August 1992), also known as Bekor (''Shard''),Bekor at Hetq.am
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Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

military leader during the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...

. He was awarded the Hero of Artsakh honorary title.

Biography

Being a worker from

Stepanakert / az, Xankəndi, italic=no , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = File:StepanakertCollage.jpg , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = From top left: Holy Mother ...

, he dedicated himself to the movement for self-determination of Nagorno-Karabakh since the late 1980s. He was an underground activist and partisan leader of self-defense movement. In 1991 Bekor was wounded in

Hadrut Hadrut ( hy, Հադրութ, ) is a town in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The town had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Numerous Armenian civilians ...

region, then participated during the captures of Khojaly and

Shushi / hy, Շուշի , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg , image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar ...

. Bekor fought in a number of battles in

Askeran Askeran ( hy, Ասկերան or , ; az, Əsgəran) is a town ''de facto'' in the Republic of Artsakh as the administrative centre of its Askeran Province, ''de jure'' in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the Political status of Nagorno-Ka ...

, Hadrut,

Shahumyan Shahumyan Province ( hy, Շահումյան, Shahumyan, also spelled ''Shaumyan'' and ''Shahumian'') is a claimed province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The capital of the province was K ...

Karkijahan Krkjan ( hy, Քրքջան) or Karkijahan ( az, Kərkicahan) is a settlement near the city of Stepanakert. The village had an Armenian-majority population prior to the Khaibalikend massacre in 1919 and subsequently an Azerbaijani-majority popula ...

, Verin Shen,

Dashalty Dashalty ( az, Daşaltı) or Karin Tak ( hy, Քարին Տակ) is a village in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karaba ...

, Lachin and several others. He was first to enter Shushi in 1992 after its capture. His friend, Armen Danielyan, said that as a commander Bekor was very attentive to the needs of all the men. A school in the

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan ...

is named after him.

Awards

*Military Cross *Liberation of Shushi medal

References

External links

Biography at Hayazg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashot, Bekor 1959 births 1992 deaths Military personnel from Baku Armenian military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh War Heroes of Artsakh