(1885-12-24)24 December 1885 Kherkhan, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
3 July 1962(1962-07-03) (aged 76) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance
Russian Empire (1907–1917)
Russian SFSR and Bolsheviks (1918–1922)
Soviet Union (1922–1937)
Years of service
1907–1937
Rank
Komdiv (Division Commander)
Battles/wars
World War I Russian Civil War Basmachi Rebellion Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)
Yakov Arkadievich Melkumov (Russian: Я́ков Арка́дьевич Мельку́мов; Armenian: Հակոբ Արշակի ՄելքումյանHakob Arshaki Melk’umyan; 24 December [O.S. 12 December] 1885 – 3 July 1962) was a Soviet military commander of Armenian origin. He fought in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. He particularly distinguished himself during the Russian Civil War fighting against the Basmachi movement on the Turkestan Front. He is known for commanding the unit that killed the former Ottoman general who had commanded the Basmachi rebels, Enver Pasha, who was one of the main architects of the Armenian genocide.
Army Bashkir cavalry brigade under the command of ethnic Armenian, YakovMelkumov (Hakob Melkumian), launched a surprise attack. According to some sources...
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Truth 1,183 22.27% Anna Vagurina United Russia 1,177 22.16% Aleksandr Melkumov (incumbent) Independent 1,154 21.73% Anastasia Gordiyenko Independent 1...
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