Christophor Araratov

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Christophor Araratov

Christophor Araratov (Armenian

Armenian language

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: ????????? ????????, ) (other names: Khachatur Araratyan, Christophor Araratyan) (1876-1937) - a famous Major General

Major General

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
of Armenian and Russian armies, participated in the battles of Sardarapat

Battle of Sardarapat

The Battle of Sardarabad was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Armavir, Armenia, Armenia from May 24 to May 26, 1918....
and Karakilisa against Turkish invaders. In 1937 arrested and killed on charges of nationalism. Rehabilitated posthumously.

stophor Araratov was born in a noble family in 1876 in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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Christophor Araratov (Armenian

Armenian language

Major General

Battle of Sardarapat

Early years

Christophor Araratov was born in a noble family in 1876 in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city 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 Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
. His father, Karapet Avetikovich Araratov was a lieutenant colonel of Russian army. At the age of 10 he entered Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city 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 Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
cadet corps and studies there for 7 years, after which entered Mikhaylov artillery school in Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
, where he was recognized as one of three best students, and this gave him the rank of a second lieutenant and right to choose the location of service. At the ceremony of finishing the study he was the head of a Cavalry troops. The horses ran into in gallop and sharply stopped in front of the Emperor

Alexander III of Russia

Alexander III Alexandrovich , also known as Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Tsar of Russia from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894....
. For that action Alexandr The Third

Alexander III of Russia

Alexander III Alexandrovich , also known as Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Tsar of Russia from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894....
presented him with a golden sabre, which had the following words on it: "To the General Moses Argutinsky-Dolgoruky from the governor of the Caucasus, count Alexey Yermolov

Alexey Yermolov

Alexey Yermolov may refer to:*Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov , Russian general and statesman*Alexey Sergeyevich Yermolov , Russian economist, politician and statesman...
".

First military experience

He chose Caucasus grenadier artillery brigade to continue service, where he had the position of senior adjutant of the brigade head. Right after Russian-Japanese War burst, he asked to move him to the front, and the knowledge gained at the artillery school made serious impact on his reputation here, very soon for some of his innovations he was awarded his first medal.

First World War

He was continuing his study at Officer School at Tsarskoe Selo, when World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
burst. He passed his exams ahead of schedule and left for front. Here he served as a lieutenant colonel at the same brigade. He was awarded numerous medals during the war.

He was in Romania when Bolshevik revolution took place and Russia announced its leaving the war. Realizing that Turks

Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)

The Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire began shortly after Sultan Abd?lhamid II restored the constitutional monarchy after the 1908 Young Turk Revolution....
would use the situation and enter Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
and through it to Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
, he moved to Armenia.

Turkish invasion to Armenia

In 1918 he was the head of artillery brigade of Armenian army

Armenian Army

The Armenian Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Armenia and consists of the ground forces responsible for the country's land-based operations....
. The Sparapet

Sparapet

Sparapet was a hereditary military rank that originated in the second century Before Christ, under the reign of King Artaxias I, and was used in the Kingdom of Armenia and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia , was supreme commander of the armed forces....
of Armenia Tovmas Nazarbekian

Tovmas Nazarbekian

Tovmas Nazarbekian , , was an Armenians general in the Russian Caucasus Army that appointed as the governor of the Administration for Western Armenia and later promoted to Commander-in-chief of Democratic Republic of Armenia....
appreciated the talent and skills of the colonel. He moved to Kars, where the staff of the brigade was located. But then the fall of Kars made him realize that the government of Transcaucasian Seym was not interested in struggle against the invader: Georgians and Caucasian Turks supported Turkey, aiming at getting the support of the latter in founding their own independent states.

During the Battle of Sardarapat

Battle of Sardarapat

The Battle of Sardarabad was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Armavir, Armenia, Armenia from May 24 to May 26, 1918....
the artillery brigade under the direction of colonel

Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
Araratov fought bravely and took prisoners a battery

Artillery battery

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortar s, or rockets, so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems....
of Turkish soldiers. The victory at Sardarapat

Battle of Sardarapat

The Battle of Sardarabad was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Armavir, Armenia, Armenia from May 24 to May 26, 1918....
made Republic of Armenia

Democratic Republic of Armenia

The Democratic Republic of Armenia , 1918?1920, was the first modern establishment of an Armenian republic. The collapse of the Imperial Russia with the Russian Revolution of 1917 gave chance to the Armenian Revolutionary Federation to create the new republic which the leadership and the 103 of delegates from former Romanov realm belonged t...
independence possible.

After Sardarapat

Battle of Sardarapat

The Battle of Sardarabad was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Armavir, Armenia, Armenia from May 24 to May 26, 1918....
Araratov was moved to the front against Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
Army, which conquered Lori

Lori

Lori may refer to:*Lori Province, Armenia*Luri language, spoken by the Lur people Lorestan, Iran*Kingdom of Lori-Joraget, an Armenian kingdom from c....
in 1918 and despite any negotiations, refused leaving Armenia. The fights stopped before the New Year of 1919.

Republic of Armenia

In the start of 1919 all around Armenia

Democratic Republic of Armenia

Hovhannes Katchaznouni

Hovhannes Katchaznouni was the first Prime Minister of Armenia of the Democratic Republic of Armenia from May 30, 1918 to May 28, 1919. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation....
was substituted by Alexander Khatisyan

Alexander Khatisyan

Alexander Khatisyan was an Armenian politician and a journalist. He served as the mayor of Tiflis from 1910 to 1917. During this period Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov consulted with him, the primate of Tbilisi, Bishop Mesrop, and the prominent civic leader Dr....
and military minister Ivan Hakhverdov by Christophor Araratov, who was given the rank of Major General

Major General

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
. In April 1920 he was moved to Kars as a military governor of the region. But in October 1920, when the city was yielded to Turks, he was taken prisoner by Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
. Turkish General Kyazym Bekir Pasha used to visit him in imprisonment offering to teach a course of Russian artillery at Turkish military university, but refuses several times.

Soviet Armenia period

In the end of 1921 he was returned to Soviet Armenia and took up rifle division head assistant position and later the head of military chairs at Yerevan State University

Yerevan State University

Yerevan State University is a university, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the largest and the most prestigious university in Armenia. It was founded on May 16, 1919....
and then at National Economy Institute. In 1937 along with numerous other "nationalists" and "anti-soviet activists" Christophor Araratov was arrested. It happened on September 2nd 1937. After about three months, on December 10th together with other heroes of Sardarapat

Battle of Sardarapat

The Battle of Sardarabad was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Armavir, Armenia, Armenia from May 24 to May 26, 1918....
Movses Silikyan

Movses Silikyan

Movses Silikyan , , Movses Silikov) was a famed Armenian general and List of Armenian national heroes, Major General in the Russian Empire army and subsequently in the First Republic of Armenia army....
, Dmitry Mirimanov, Aghasi Varosyan, Stepan Ohanesyan, Hakob Mkrtchyan, Harutyun Hakobyan, he was taken to Nork gorge and executed.

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