Hero of Artsakh ( hy, Արցախի հերոս, Artsakhi heros) is the highest title of the

self-proclaimed Self-proclaimed describes a legal title that is recognized by the declaring person but not necessarily by any recognized legal authority. It can be the status of a noble title or the status of a nation. The term is used informally for anyone declari ...

Republic of Artsakh 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 ...

. According to the official website of the

President of Artsakh The president of Artsakh or president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is the head of state and head of government of the ''de facto'' Republic of Artsakh. In a constitutional referendum held in 2017, citizens of the Republic voted in favor o ...

, the title Hero of Artsakh "is awarded for exceptional services in the defense of the state, strengthening its economic might, and for creating significant national values." Recipients of the title are decorated with the Order of the Golden Eagle. In 2016 Robert Abajyan became the 24th "Hero of Artsakh" awardee, as well as the youngest person ever to hold the title at 19 years old. During and after

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, involving Azerba ...

23 servicemen were awarded the highest state title of "Hero of Artsakh".

Recipients

Samvel Babayan Samvel Andraniki Babayan ( hy, Սամվել Անդրանիկի Բաբայան; born 5 March 1965) is an Armenian military commander and politician from Nagorno-Karabakh. He was one of the founders and main commanders of the Artsakh Defence Army ...

(Renounced in 2020) *

Vazgen Sargsyan Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan ( hy, Վազգեն Զավենի Սարգսյան, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from ...

Ashot Ghulian Ashot Vladimiri Ghulian ( hy, Աշոտ Վլադիմիրի Ղուլյան; born 19 August 1965) was the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh between 2005 and 2020. Early life He was born on 19 August 1965 in the Khndz ...

(posthumously) *

Monte Melkonian Monte Melkonian ( hy, Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան; November 25, 1957 – June 12, 1993) was an Armenian- American revolutionary and left-wing nationalist militant. He was the leader of an offshoot of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation ...

(posthumously) *

Seyran Ohanian 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 ...

* Robert Kocharyan * Kristapor Ivanyan (posthumously) *

Manvel Grigoryan Lieutenant General Manvel Sektori Grigoryan (Armenian: Մանվել Սեկտորի Գրիգորյան; 14 July 1956 – 19 November 2020) was an Armenian military leader and a member of the National Assembly of Armenia. At one point he was one of ...

Samvel Karapetian Samvel Karapetian ( hy, Սամվել Կարապետյան; 30 July 1961 – 27 February 2020) was an Armenian historian, researcher, author, and expert of medieval architecture, specializing in the study of the historical monuments of Armenia, Na ...

Serzh Sargsyan Serzh Azati Sargsyan ( hy, Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, ; born 30 June 1954)Of ...

*Petros Ghevondyan *Yura Poghosyan *

Vitaly Balasanyan Vitaly Mikhaili Balasanyan ( hy, Վիտալի Միխայիլի Բալասանյան, born March 5, 1959) is an Artsakhi politician and retired general. He served as the head of the National Security Council of the self-proclaimed Republic of Art ...

*Georgy Gasparyan *Vahagn Vardanyan *

Movses Hakobyan Movses Hranti Hakobyan ( hy, Մովսես Հրանտի Հակոբյան; born 4 February 1965) is a former senior Armenian military official and the former commander of NKR Defense Army and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Arme ...

* Zori Balayan *Arshavir Gharamyan *

Arkady Ghukasyan Arkadi Arshaviri Ghukasyan ( hy, Արկադի Արշավիրի Ղուկասյան, born 22 June 1957) was the second President of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. He was elected as the President on 8 September 1997 and re-elected ...

Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan ( hy, Արկադի Իվանի (Հովհաննեսի) Տեր-Թադևոսյան; russian: Аркадий Иванович Тер-Тадевосян; May 22, 1939 – March 31, 2021), also known by his nom-de-guerre Kom ...

* Shahen Meghrian (posthumously) *

Pargev Martirosyan Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan ( hy, Պարգև արքեպիսկոպոս Մարտիրոսյան; born 20 March 1954) is an Armenian clergyman who served as the Primate of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church from the re-establ ...

* Robert Abajyan (posthumously) *Artur Aghabekyan *Zhanna Galstyan * Leonid Azgaldyan (posthumously) *Vladimir Balayan *

Armenak Urfanyan Armenak Urfanyan ( hy, Արմենակ Ուրֆանյան; 28 January 1990 – 2 April 2016) was an Armenian serviceman in the Artsakh Defense Army, captain of the Armed Forces of Armenia, participant of the Four-Day War. In 2020 he was posthumous ...

Artur Mkrtchyan Artur Aslani Mkrtchyan ( hy, Արթուր Ասլանի Մկրտչյան; 16 February 1959 – 14 April 1992) was the first Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, elected on 7 January 1992. He made an important contrib ...

(posthumously) *

Karen Jalavyan Karen Aghasi Jalavyan ( hy, Կարեն Աղասու Ջալավյան; born 25 January 1971), also known by his ''nom de guerre'' Kyokh ( hy, Քյոխ, link=no), is an Armenian military officer, colonel of the Artsakh Defence Army, commander of t ...

* David Grigoryan«5 հոգու շնորհվել է «Արցախի հերոսի» կոչում»
/ref> *Edgar Markosyan *Yura Alaverdyan * Sergey Shakaryan (posthumously) * David Ghazaryan (posthumously) *Armen Knyazyan * Suren Barseghyan *Alexander Harutyunyan * Menua Hovhannisyan (posthumously) * Jalal Harutyunyan *Ararat Melkumyan * Rustam Gasparyan (posthumously) * Karen Shakaryan (posthumously) * Hunan Hayrumyan (posthumously) * Hakob Harutyunyan (posthumously) * Igor Muradyan (posthumously) * Vigen Shirinyan (posthumously) * Narek Hovhannisyan (posthumously) * Tovmas Tovmasyan (posthumously) * David Arushanyan (posthumously) * Samvel Ghazaryan (posthumously) * Alen Margaryan (posthumously) * Artur Aghasyan (posthumously) * Vardan AvetisyanPresident confers Hero of Artsakh title
/ref> * Artur Alexanyan *

Samvel Gevorgyan Samvel ( hy, Սամվել) is a name. It may refer to: * Samvel Babayan (born 1965), leader of the Dashink political party in Artsakh * Samvel Darbinyan, Armenian football coach *Samvel Gasparov (born 1938), Soviet/Russian film director and short s ...

* Albert Hovhannisyan (posthumously)

References

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