Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan
Encyclopedia
Arkady Ivanovich Ter-Tadevosyan ; May 22, 1939 in Tbilisi
, Georgian SSR) was a military leader of the Armenia
n forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War
. Ter-Tadevosyan is best known as being the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi in May 1992.
, Georgian SSR. He attended a military academy in Saint Petersburg
.
In May 2000, Ter-Tadevosyan left the Yerkrapah veterans union and founded the Veterans of the War of Liberation organization, although he left it in July of that year, expressing personal grievances about those who had joined it.
. Yerevan, 2004.
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Georgian SSR) was a military leader of the Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Nagorno-Karabakh War
The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan...
. Ter-Tadevosyan is best known as being the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi in May 1992.
Biography
Ter-Tadevosyan was born in TbilisiTbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Georgian SSR. He attended a military academy in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
.
In May 2000, Ter-Tadevosyan left the Yerkrapah veterans union and founded the Veterans of the War of Liberation organization, although he left it in July of that year, expressing personal grievances about those who had joined it.
Further reading
"Tadevosyan, Arkady" entry in the Encyclopedia of Karabakh Liberation War: 1988-1994Armenian Encyclopedia
The Armenian Encyclopedia publishing house was established in 1967 as a department of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences under the presidency of Viktor Hambardzumyan , co-edited by Abel Simonyan and Makich Arzumanyan . In 1988-1999 the editor-in-chief was Konstantin...
. Yerevan, 2004.