Global Information Lookup Global Information

Drastamat Kanayan information


Drastamat Kanayan
Դրաստամատ Կանայեան
Defense Minister of Armenia
In office
24 November 1920 – 2 December 1920
Preceded byRuben Ter-Minasian
Succeeded byposition abolished
Civil Commissioner of Van
In office
December 1917 – 7 April 1918
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byposition abolished
Personal details
Born(1884-05-31)31 May 1884
Igdyr (Iğdır), Surmalu uezd, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died8 March 1956(1956-03-08) (aged 71)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
NationalityArmenian
Political partyArmenian Revolutionary Federation
NicknameGeneral Dro
Military service
AllegianceDrastamat Kanayan Dashnaktsutyun
Drastamat Kanayan Russian Empire (1914–1917)
Armenia Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
Years of service1914–1920
1941–1945
Commands2nd Battalion Volunteer Corps
Armed Forces of Yerevan
812th Armenian Battalion
Battles/warsWorld War I
  • Caucasus Campaign

Armenian National Liberation Movement

  • Battle of Abaran
    Battle of Mastara

Armenian–Azerbaijani war
Muslim uprisings in Kars and Sharur–Nakhichevan
Aras War
Armeno-Georgian War
Turkish-Armenian War

World War II

Drastamat Kanayan (Armenian: Դրաստամատ Կանայեան; 31 May 1884 – 8 March 1956), better known as Dro (Դրո), was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He briefly served as Defence Minister of the First Republic of Armenia in 1920, during the country's brief independence. During World War II, he led the Armenian Legion, which consisted of Armenian POWs who opted to fight for Nazi Germany rather than face the brutal conditions of the Nazis' camps.[1]

  1. ^ De Waal, Thomas (2015). Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide. Oxford University Press. p. 112.

and 23 Related for: Drastamat Kanayan information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8134 seconds.)

Drastamat Kanayan

Last Update:

Drastamat Kanayan (Armenian: Դրաստամատ Կանայեան; 31 May 1884 – 8 March 1956), better known as Dro (Դրո), was an Armenian military commander and politician...

Word Count : 2250

Armenian Legion

Last Update:

fight the Soviets for an independent Armenia and commanded by General Drastamat Kanayan. The short-lived Republic of Armenia, established in 1918, was occupied...

Word Count : 1655

National Defense Research University

Last Update:

includes two parts: the Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National Strategic Studies and the Academic-Publishing Center. The Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National...

Word Count : 591

Caucasus campaign

Last Update:

forces were commanded by Andranik Ozanian. Other leaders included Drastamat Kanayan, Hamazasp Srvandztyan, Arshak Gafavian, and Sargis Mehrabyan. An Ottoman...

Word Count : 8506

Battle of Abaran

Last Update:

Yerevan. They were opposed by Armenian forces under the command of Drastamat Kanayan. One prong of the three-pronged Ottoman attack, consisting of the...

Word Count : 292

Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire

Last Update:

provinces containing significant Armenian populations; for example, Drastamat Kanayan (Dro), went to Diyarbakir as a political organizer. The Committee...

Word Count : 9711

Armenian Revolutionary Federation

Last Update:

larger anti-Armenian policy. On 11 May 1905, Dashnak revolutionary Drastamat Kanayan assassinated Russian governor general Nakashidze, who was considered...

Word Count : 11929

Garegin Nzhdeh

Last Update:

stages of the war, in 1915, he was appointed a deputy commander to Drastamat Kanayan (Dro), who led the 2nd Volunteer Battalion. Later on, in 1916, he...

Word Count : 4791

Armenian volunteer units

Last Update:

Armenian volunteer corps 1st battalion (Andranik Ozanian) 2nd battalion (Drastamat Kanayan and Armen Garo) 3rd battalion (Hamazasp Srvandztyan nom de guerre...

Word Count : 1023

Armenian national movement

Last Update:

Andranik Ozanian, "key figure", military commander, fedayee leader Drastamat Kanayan, "key figure" Karekin Pastermadjian, "key figure," politician , military...

Word Count : 12512

First Republic of Armenia

Last Update:

announced on 3 May 1919, after which Armenian forces commanded by Drastamat Kanayan (Dro) advanced southward into the district along the railway. On 13...

Word Count : 11883

Occupation of Western Armenia

Last Update:

popular dictator Aram Manukian and the renowned military commander Drastamat Kanayan. It then began the daunting process of establishing a national administrative...

Word Count : 2546

Armen Garo

Last Update:

Antrang Chalabian ; translated from Armenian by Jack (2009). Dro (Drastamat Kanayan) : Armenia's first defense minister of the modern era. Los Angeles...

Word Count : 1518

Dro

Last Update:

code "DRO") San Leandro, a city just south of Oakland, California Drastamat Kanayan, an Armenian general known as Dro Edwige-Renée Dro, Ivorian writer...

Word Count : 167

Lists of Armenians

Last Update:

fedayee Andranik, fedayee Arabo, fedayee Kevork Chavush, fedayee Drastamat Kanayan Aram Manukian Sebastatsi Murad, fedayee Garegin Nzhdeh Ruben Ter-Minasian...

Word Count : 4505

Allies of World War I

Last Update:

Manukian – Minister of Internal Affairs of the First Republic of Armenia Drastamat Kanayan – military commander and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...

Word Count : 11794

Aras War

Last Update:

began in May 1919, with 18,000 Armenian troops under the command of Drastamat Kanayan preparing for an offensive into Nakhchivan. However, this would quickly...

Word Count : 726

Leaders of the Russian Civil War

Last Update:

Simon Vratsian Tovmas Nazarbekian Andranik Ozanian Garegin Nzhdeh Drastamat Kanayan Movses Silikyan Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh Fatali Khan Khoyski † Nasib...

Word Count : 1563

Turkish War of Independence

Last Update:

Paraskevopoulos Kimon Digenis (POW) Nikolaos Trikoupis (POW) Henri Gouraud Drastamat Kanayan Movses Silikyan Sir George Milne Mehmed VI Damat Ferid Pasha Süleyman...

Word Count : 17586

Republic of Mountainous Armenia

Last Update:

as a self-governing region on December 25, 1920. In January 1921 Drastamat Kanayan sent a telegram to Nzhdeh, suggesting allowing the sovietisation of...

Word Count : 838

Aparan

Last Update:

Monument to the Battle of Abaran erected in 1978. Mausoleum of General Drastamat Kanayan near the battle memorial, reburied in Aparan on 28 May 2000. Aparan...

Word Count : 2243

Ruben Ter Minasian

Last Update:

directed a successful military campaign with veteran fedayi commander Drastamat Kanayan against Muslim rebels in the Zangibasar and Vedibasar districts to...

Word Count : 1532

Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy

Last Update:

opportunity to regain Armenia's independence. The Armenian Legion under Drastamat Kanayan participated in the occupation of the Crimean Peninsula and the Caucasus...

Word Count : 19944

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net