(1862-09-14)14 September 1862 Vartashen, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
22 November 1937(1937-11-22) (aged 75) Yerevan, Soviet Union
Allegiance
Russian Empire (1884–1917) First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
1884—1920
Rank
Major general (Russia) Lieutenant general (Armenia)
Commands held
6th Caucasian Infantry Regiment 2nd Armenian Infantry Division Army Corps Yerevan Detachment Separate Armenian Division Kars-Alexandropol front
Battles/wars
First World War
Battle of Bitlis
Battle of Erzurum
Battle of Sardarabad
Georgian–Armenian War Turkish–Armenian War
Awards
see below
Movses Silikyan or Silikov (Armenian: Մովսես Սիլիկյան, Russian: Мойсей Силиков; 14 September 1862 – 22 November 1937) was an Armenian general who served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and later in the army of the First Republic of Armenia. He is regarded as a national hero in Armenia for his role in the Armenian victory at the Battle of Sardarabad.
Following Russia's withdrawal from Transcaucasia and conclusion of a separate peace with the Ottoman Empire under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, Silikyan and other Armenian generals organized the defense of Armenia against invading Ottoman forces. After the Armenian victories at the battles of Sardarabad, Karakilisa and Bash Abaran in May 1918, the First Republic of Armenia declared its independence. Silikyan received the rank of lieutenant general of the Armenian army and held various top military positions.
Following the Sovietization of Armenia in 1920, Silikyan was exiled to Ryazan along with other high-ranking Armenian military officers, but was allowed to return to Armenia the next year. During the Great Purge of 1937, Silikyan was arrested and executed. He was rehabilitated in 1987.
MovsesSilikyan or Silikov (Armenian: Մովսես Սիլիկյան, Russian: Мойсей Силиков; 14 September 1862 – 22 November 1937) was an Armenian general who served...
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retreated towards the Ararat Plain. Here under the general command of MovsesSilikyan, the Detachment of Yerevan of the Armenian Armed Forces was created...
met an Armenian force of about 1000 riflemen under the command of MovsesSilikyan at the defile of Bash Abaran, about a three-hour march from Yerevan...
as a civilian commissioner. The frontline had three main divisions: MovsesSilikyan, Andranik Ozanian and Mikhail Areshian. Another regular unit was under...
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Nazarbekian – Commander-in-Chief of the First Republic of Armenia MovsesSilikyan – army general and national hero Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk – first President...
specialist in the Udi language and Caucasian Albanian inscriptions. MovsesSilikyan, major general of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I and...
Army. The front line had three main divisions, led respectively by MovsesSilikyan, Andranik Ozanian and Mikhail Areshian. Armenian partisan guerrilla...
Ovakimian (1898–1967), leading Soviet NKVD spy in the United States MovsesSilikyan (1862–1937), Major General in the Russian Imperial Army Nelson Stepanyan...
activist, politician Simon Vratsian, political activist, politician MovsesSilikyan, military commander, Hovsep Aivazian, key figure", military commander...
of Yeghegnut. The Armenian offensive led by Daniel Bek-Pirumian and MovsesSilikyan was launched in 22 May. As a result of the decisive Armenian victories...
September 1937 Lev Karakhan Bolshevik revolutionary 22 November 1937 MovsesSilikyan Military commander in the Russian and Armenian armies 27 November 1937...
new Bolshevik authorities, including generals Tovmas Nazarbekian and MovsesSilikyan. They were forced to walk from Yerevan to Alaverdi by foot (about 160...
Skibine 8 Pavel Florensky 10 Rashid Khan Kaplanov, Vladimir Lyubimov, MovsesSilikyan 11 Jaan Anvelt (died from torture under interrogation), Hayk Bzhishkyan...
different military schools. He retired from military service in 1926. MovsesSilikyan - Armenian general of the Imperial Army in World War I, participated...
district are Kevork Chavush Street, Shiraz Street, Bashinjaghyan Street, MovsesSilikyan Street and the Ashtarak Highway. Ajapnyak is separated from Kentron...
with about 1,500 Armenia officers, including Tovmas Nazarbekian and MovsesSilikyan. He later worked as a cashier. In 1930, he was arrested "for being...
After about three months, together with other heroes of Sardarapat: MovsesSilikyan, Dmitry Mirimanov, Aghasi Varosyan, Stepan Ohanesyan, Hakob Mkrtchyan...
Global Information
Russian Empire (1884–1917)
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)