Garegin Khachatryan ( hy, Գարեգին Ռաֆիկի Խաչատրյան; 17 September 1975 – 2 September 1995) was an

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sculptor, artist, and freedom fighter.

Biography

Garegin Khachatryan was born in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

, 17 September 1975. Son of

Rafik Khachatryan Rafik Khachatryan ( hy, Ռաֆիկ Գարեգինի Խաչատրյան; October 7, 1937 – January 16, 1993) was an Armenian sculptor. He was the father of Garegin Khachatryan (1975–1995). Biography Khachatryan was a direct descendant of the ...

Khachar Rafik Khachatryan ( hy, Ռաֆիկ Գարեգինի Խաչատրյան; October 7, 1937 – January 16, 1993) was an Armenian sculptor. He was the father of Garegin Khachatryan (1975–1995). Biography Khachatryan was a direct descendant of the ...

Afo - who was a sculptor of the Union of the Artists of the

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and

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and a young (13 years old) and brave participant of the National Liberation movement of Armenians: he was a Soldier of Armenian National Liberation Legion ( Azgayin Legion or National Legeon, from 1988, aged thirteen, to 1994 when he was 19 years old. He was a "spetsnaz" and paratrooper in a volunteer battalion "Artsiv 4" (Eagle 4). His father

was in the Headquarters of the

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of Armenia. Garegin Khachatryan graduate of an Armenian High school, as well as of Art College in Yerevan. He was a volunteer in the self-defense forces and had a good training in volunteer troops as a special force and paratrooper. He was a brave defender of the borders of Armenia and a volunteer participant of self-defense operations in the border areas of Armenia and

Nagorno Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is mos ...

. He was awarded with the "Medal for Bravery" of Armenia. Freedom fighter and composer Davit Amalyan ( David Amalian) in late September 1995 dedicated a great song to Garegin Khachatryan. He was a direct descendant of the house of

Daniel-Bek of Sassun Daniel-Bek of Sassun (Ter Khachatryan (russian: Данэл бек Тер-Хачатрянц, hy, Դանիել բեկ Տեր-Խաչատրյանց); 1785 in Sason, Ottoman Empire – 1829 in Muş, Ottoman Empire) was an Armenian Bek in Sassun (t ...

(

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Sassun or

Sason Sason ( hy, Սասուն, translit=Sasun, ku, Qabilcewz, ar, قبل جوز; formerly known as Sasun or Sassoun) is a district and town in the Batman Province of Turkey. It was formerly part of the sanjak of Siirt, which was in Diyarbakır vi ...

Western Armenia Western Armenia (Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան Հայաստան, ''Arevmdian Hayasdan'') is a term to refer to the eastern parts of Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire) that are part of the historical homeland of the Armenians. Weste ...

) (second half of the 18th century) and

Khachatur-Bek of Mush Khachatur-Bek of Mush ( hy, Խաչատուր Բեկ) was an Armenian Bek in the first half of the 19th century, a prominent representative of the family of Ter-Khachatryants family. He was from the town Mush of Western Armenia. His family house w ...

(town

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of Western Armenia) (first half of the 19th century).

References

* Encyclopedia of Karabakh Liberation War 1988-1994 (in Armenian). Armenian Encyclopedia, Yerevan 2004, pages 429–430. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 1998, August. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 1998, November. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 2006, May. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 2006, September. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 1998–2006. * "Hay Zinvor" (Armenian Soldier), the official weekly of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, issues of 1998–2008. * Sasun Grigoryan, Musanera ch'lrecin, v.3, Yerevan, 2010, pages 67–67 (in Armenian). * Хачатрян Гарегин Рафикович, Энциклопедия фонда ''Хай Азг''(http://ru.hayazg.info/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)

External links

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* Garegin Khachatryan in Yandex.r

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Ղարաբաղյան ազատագրական պատերազմ հանրագիտարան (Karabakh Liberation War encyclopedia).djvu/430

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