Gurgen Dalibaltayan
Gurgen Dalibaltayan | |
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| Native name | Գուրգեն Դալիբալթայան |
| Birth name | Gurgen Dalibaltayan |
| Born | 5 June 1926 Ninotsminda, Javakheti, Georgian SSR |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Armenia |
| Service | .svg){kind=small} Soviet Army Armed Forces of Armenia |
| Years of service | 1947— |
| Rank | Colonel-General |
| Commands | 34th Infantry Regiment 60th Infantry Division 242nd Infantry Division |
| Battles / wars | Nagorno-Karabakh War Battle of Shusha |
| Awards | see below |
Gurgen Dalibaltayan (Template:Lang-hy; born 5 June 1926) is an Armenian Colonel-General. He was the Chief of General Staff of RA Armed Forces during the Battle of Shusha,[1][2] a battle to capture the city from the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, often called the Marriage in the Highlands by Armenians.[3] He is credited with devising a strategy to assault the strongly fortified town of Shusha using diversionary attacks against adjacent villages to draw out the defenders of the down while the command of troops, Arkady "Komandos" Ter-Tatevosyan, encircled the town and cut off reinforcements. His strategy is generally considered impossible, or at least implausible, as he was originally outnumbered. General military tactics suggest a force of three times the defender's size to successfully storm and win.[1]
Early life
Gurgen Dalibaltayan was born in Ninotsminda, Javakheti (modern Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia), near the border with Armenia. Although a part of the Georgian SSR, Ninotsminda has an near completely Armenian population.[4] He attended the Secondary School of Gorelovka from 1934 to 1944. Upon graduating, he spent three years at the Tbilisi School of Infantry. Dalibaltayan then joined the ranks of the Soviet Army.
Personal life
He is married to Shushanik Dalibaltayan (née Khachatryan). They have two children, a daughter Varduhi (b. 1952) and a son Varazdat (b. 1954).
Dalibaltayan is an honorary citizen of Yerevan.[5]
Awards
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Red Star
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
- Order of the Combat Cross, 1st degree (1998)
- Medal "For Services to the Fatherland"
- Medal "For Distinguished Service", 1st class
- Medal "For Distinguished Service", 2nd class
- Order of Nerses the Gracious
Order of the Combat Cross, 1st degree (2000)
References
- ^ a b "Vazgen Manoukian: We ought to save our Shushi for ages". Times.am. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "Capture of Shusha". Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "Shoushi is free for already 19 years". Slaq.am. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "Statistics Georgia". Statistics.ge. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Երևանի պատվավոր քաղաքացիները" (in Armenian). Yerevan.am. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
External links
- The whole Armenian nation was participating in the liberation of Shoushi
- Dalibaltayan describes the liberation of Shushi on YouTube
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