Keri (fedayi)
Arshak Gavafian, better known by his nom de guerre Keri (1858 – 15 May 1916), was an Armenian fedayee military commander and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
Arshak Gavafian | |
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Commanders of the Russian Armenian Volunteer Corps: Keri of the 4th battalion, Hamazasp of the 3rd battalion, Vartan of the Ararat regiment | |
| Birth name | Arshak Gavafian |
| Nickname(s) | Keri |
| Born | 1858 Erzurum, Erzurum Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 15 May 1916 (aged 57–58) Rowanduz, Ottoman Empire (present-day Iraq) |
| Buried | Khojivank, Tiflis |
| Allegiance | Armenian Revolutionary Federation (1880s–1916) Russian Empire (1914–1916) |
| Service/ | Russian Armenian Volunteer Corps |
| Years of service | 1880s—1916 |
| Commands held | 4th Armenian volunteer battalion |
| Battles/wars | Armenian National Liberation Movement Sasun Uprising Persian Constitutional Revolution World War I |
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