8 March 1956(1956-03-08) (aged 71) Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Nationality
Armenian
Political party
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Nickname
General Dro
Military service
Allegiance
Dashnaktsutyun Russian Empire (1914–1917) Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
Years of service
1914–1920 1941–1945
Commands
2nd Battalion Volunteer Corps Armed Forces of Yerevan 812th Armenian Battalion
Battles/wars
World 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]
^De Waal, Thomas (2015). Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide. Oxford University Press. p. 112.
DrastamatKanayan (Armenian: Դրաստամատ Կանայեան; 31 May 1884 – 8 March 1956), better known as Dro (Դրո), was an Armenian military commander and politician...
fight the Soviets for an independent Armenia and commanded by General DrastamatKanayan. The short-lived Republic of Armenia, established in 1918, was occupied...
includes two parts: the DrastamatKanayan Institute for National Strategic Studies and the Academic-Publishing Center. The DrastamatKanayan Institute for National...
forces were commanded by Andranik Ozanian. Other leaders included DrastamatKanayan, Hamazasp Srvandztyan, Arshak Gafavian, and Sargis Mehrabyan. An Ottoman...
Yerevan. They were opposed by Armenian forces under the command of DrastamatKanayan. One prong of the three-pronged Ottoman attack, consisting of the...
provinces containing significant Armenian populations; for example, DrastamatKanayan (Dro), went to Diyarbakir as a political organizer. The Committee...
larger anti-Armenian policy. On 11 May 1905, Dashnak revolutionary DrastamatKanayan assassinated Russian governor general Nakashidze, who was considered...
stages of the war, in 1915, he was appointed a deputy commander to DrastamatKanayan (Dro), who led the 2nd Volunteer Battalion. Later on, in 1916, he...
Armenian volunteer corps 1st battalion (Andranik Ozanian) 2nd battalion (DrastamatKanayan and Armen Garo) 3rd battalion (Hamazasp Srvandztyan nom de guerre...
announced on 3 May 1919, after which Armenian forces commanded by DrastamatKanayan (Dro) advanced southward into the district along the railway. On 13...
popular dictator Aram Manukian and the renowned military commander DrastamatKanayan. It then began the daunting process of establishing a national administrative...
Antrang Chalabian ; translated from Armenian by Jack (2009). Dro (DrastamatKanayan) : Armenia's first defense minister of the modern era. Los Angeles...
code "DRO") San Leandro, a city just south of Oakland, California DrastamatKanayan, an Armenian general known as Dro Edwige-Renée Dro, Ivorian writer...
Manukian – Minister of Internal Affairs of the First Republic of Armenia DrastamatKanayan – military commander and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
began in May 1919, with 18,000 Armenian troops under the command of DrastamatKanayan preparing for an offensive into Nakhchivan. However, this would quickly...
Paraskevopoulos Kimon Digenis (POW) Nikolaos Trikoupis (POW) Henri Gouraud DrastamatKanayan Movses Silikyan Sir George Milne Mehmed VI Damat Ferid Pasha Süleyman...
as a self-governing region on December 25, 1920. In January 1921 DrastamatKanayan sent a telegram to Nzhdeh, suggesting allowing the sovietisation of...
Monument to the Battle of Abaran erected in 1978. Mausoleum of General DrastamatKanayan near the battle memorial, reburied in Aparan on 28 May 2000. Aparan...
directed a successful military campaign with veteran fedayi commander DrastamatKanayan against Muslim rebels in the Zangibasar and Vedibasar districts to...
opportunity to regain Armenia's independence. The Armenian Legion under DrastamatKanayan participated in the occupation of the Crimean Peninsula and the Caucasus...