Garo Kahkedschijan

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Garo Kahkedschijan's grave in the Yerablur military cemetery

Garo Kahkedschijan ( Armenian ԿարոՔահքեջյան; born March 24, 1962 in Aleppo , Syria ; † June 26, 1993 in the village of Çardaqlı, Ağdərə (Mardakert), Republic of Azerbaijan ) was an Armenian military commander in the Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. As the founder, he was also the commander of the voluntary Armenian crusader unit and was better known by his nickname "The White Bear".

biography

Kahkedschijan's grandfather Sahak (battle name "Aslan") fought against the Ottoman Empire in the Armenian-populated provinces in Eastern Anatolia at the beginning of the 20th century . He later was the personal bodyguard of the Armenian General Drastamat Kanajan , who collaborated with Hitler Germany in the 1930s .

After completing school in Aleppo, Kahkedschijan moved to Nigeria with his family . In 1978 he went to Germany and began studying mechanical engineering at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (from 2014 the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences ). After graduation, he moved to the city of Fresno , California .

After the devastating Spitak earthquake in 1988 , Kahkedschijan came to Armenia for the first time . There he took part in the aid campaigns for the affected communities and organized, among other things, fundraising.

With the intensification of military conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Kahkedschijan founded the volunteer battalion "Crusaders" and took part in the battles for the Azerbaijani provinces of Xocavənd , Hadrut , Ağdərə, Laçın and Kəlbəcər . He was killed by a sniper on June 26, 1993 in Çardaqlı village, Ağdərə city.

Kahkedschijan's grave is in the Yerablur Military Cemetery in Yerevan .

Web links

Commons : Garo Kahkejian  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Каро "Спитак Арч" Кахкеджян (1962-1993). In: Fedayi.ru. Retrieved September 19, 2019 (Russian).
  2. ↑ Сегодня годовщина смерти Каро Кахкеджяна. June 26, 2019, Retrieved September 19, 2019 (Russian).
  3. ^ Raymond Bonner: Foreigners Fight Again in the Embattled Caucasus. In: New York Times. August 4, 1993, accessed September 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kahkedschijan, Garo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ԿարոՔահքեջյան (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian military commander
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Aleppo , Syria
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1993
Place of death Çardaqlı, Ağdərə (Mardakert), Republic of Azerbaijan