Hamazasp Babadzhanian

Hamazasp Babadzhanian
Hamazasp Babadzhanian
Native name	Armenian: Համազասպ Բաբաջանյան; Russian: Амазасп Хачатурович Бабаджанян
Born	18 February 1906; Chardakhly, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire (today Çənlibel, Azerbaijan)
Died	1 November 1977 (aged 71); Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Armored troops
Years of service	1925–1977
Rank	Chief marshal of the armored troops
Commands held	3rd Mechanized Brigade; 20th Tank Brigade; 11th Guards Tank Corps; Odessa Military District; Armored Forces Academy
Battles/wars	Soviet-Finnish War; World War II; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Moscow; Battle of Kursk; Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive; Vistula–Oder Offensive; Battle of Berlin; Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin (4); Order of the Red Banner (4); see below

Hamazasp Khachaturi Babadzhanian (Armenian: Համազասպ Խաչատուրի Բաբաջանյան; Russian: Амазасп Хачатурович Бабаджанян, Amazasp Khachaturovich Babadzhanyan; 18 February 1906 – 1 November 1977) was a Soviet Armenian Chief marshal of the armored troops. He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).

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