Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan (Armenian: Արկադի Իվանի (Հովհաննեսի) Տեր-Թադևոսյան; Russian: Аркадий Иванович Тер-Тадевосян; May 22, 1939 – March 31, 2021), also known by his nom-de-guerre Komandos (Armenian: Կոմանդոս), was a Soviet and Armenian Major General, a military leader of the Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Armenia's former Deputy Minister of Defense. Ter-Tadevosyan is best known as the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi on 8–9 May 1992.
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan | |
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Ter-Tadevosyan in Shushi in 2012 | |
| Native name | Արկադի Տեր-Թադևոսյան |
| Birth name | Artush Tadevosyan |
| Nickname(s) | Komandos (in Nagorno-Karabakh) Mountain Fox (in Afghanistan) |
| Born | 22 May 1939 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | March 31, 2021 (aged 81) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Artsakh Armenia |
| Service/ | Soviet Army Artsakh Defense Army Armed Forces of Armenia |
| Rank | Major General (1992) |
| Commands held | Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Capture of Shushi |
| Awards | see below |
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