David Semyonovich Abamelek (1774–1833) was a

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principal, general-major (1818) from the noble

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family. He participated to the wars against

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(1805–1807 and 1812). Abamelek was awarded the Order of St. Anna with brilliants. The brother of Ivan Abamelik, from the noble family of

Family

* Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva, daughter * Semyon Davidovich Abamelik-Lazarev, son

Sources

*''Armenian Concise Encyclopedia'', Ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdian,

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, 1990, Vol. 1, p. 8
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