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ON THIS DAY in 1876, Christophor Araratian, The Hero General Whose Artillery Saved Armenia At The 1918 Battle Of Sardarabad, Was Born. - ZARTONK | Homeland Meets Diaspora | Latest Armenian News | Breaking News and Videos
150 years ago today, on June 18, 1876, one of the most consequential military commanders in modern Armenian history was born in Tiflis, the city now known as Tbilisi. Major General Christophor Araratian (Araratov) would lead the artillery that saved the Armenian nation from extinction in May 1918, serve as Minister of Military Affairs of the First Republic of Armenia, and be martyred in 1937 during Stalin’s Great Purge, executed by firing squad …
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