Garegin Khachatryan (; 17 September 1975 – 2 September 1995) was an

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sculptor, artist, and freedom fighter.

Biography

Garegin Khachatryan was born in

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, 17 September 1975. Son of

Rafik Khachatryan Rafik Khachatryan (; October 7, 1937 – January 16, 1993) was an Armenian sculptor. He was the father of Garegin Khachatryan (1975–1995). Biography Khachatryan was a direct descendant of the house of Daniel-Bek of Sassun (province Sassun ...

Khachar Rafik Khachatryan (; October 7, 1937 – January 16, 1993) was an Armenian sculptor. He was the father of Garegin Khachatryan (1975–1995). Biography Khachatryan was a direct descendant of the house of Daniel-Bek of Sassun (province Sassun or ...

Afo - who was a sculptor of the Union of the Artists of the

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and

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and a young (13 years old) and brave participant of the National Liberation movement of Armenians: he was a Soldier of Armenian National Liberation Legion ( Azgayin Legion or National Legeon, from 1988, aged thirteen, to 1994 when he was 19 years old. He was a "spetsnaz" and paratrooper in a volunteer battalion "Artsiv 4" (Eagle 4). His father

was in the Headquarters of the

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of Armenia. Garegin Khachatryan graduate of an Armenian High school, as well as of Art College in Yerevan. He was a volunteer in the self-defense forces and had a good training in volunteer troops as a special force and paratrooper. He was a brave defender of the borders of Armenia and a volunteer participant of self-defense operations in the border areas of Armenia and

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. He was awarded with the "Medal for Bravery" of Armenia. Freedom fighter and composer Davit Amalyan ( David Amalian) in late September 1995 dedicated a great song to Garegin Khachatryan. He was a direct descendant of the house of

Daniel-Bek of Sassun Daniel-Bek of Sassun (Ter Khachatryan (, ); 1785 in Sason, Ottoman Empire – 1829 in Muş, Ottoman Empire) was an Armenian Khagan Bek, Bek in Sassun (the province Sassun or Sason of Western Armenia) in the second half of the 18th century. His ...

(

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Sassun or

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) (second half of the 18th century) and Khachatur-Bek of Mush (town

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of Western Armenia) (first half of the 19th century).

References

* Encyclopedia of Karabakh Liberation War 1988-1994 (in Armenian). Armenian Encyclopedia, Yerevan 2004, pages 429–430. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 1998, August. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 1998, November. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 2006, May. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 2006, September. * Television programmes of Armenian TV channels. 1998–2006. * "Hay Zinvor" (Armenian Soldier), the official weekly of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, issues of 1998–2008. * Sasun Grigoryan, Musanera ch'lrecin, v.3, Yerevan, 2010, pages 67–67 (in Armenian). * Хачатрян Гарегин Рафикович, Энциклопедия фонда ''Хай Азг''(http://ru.hayazg.info/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)

External links

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* Garegin Khachatryan in Yandex.r

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