Andranik Ozanian
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Andranik Ozanian 🇦🇲

Անդրանիկ Օզանյան (Known as "General Andranik")
Military General, Fedaie Commander, National Hero of the Armenian Liberation Struggle
Born 1865-02-25 🇦🇲 Şebinkarahisar, Historical Armenia
Passed Away 1927-08-31 Chico, California, United States
Lifespan 62 years old
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"I have never fought for personal glory; I took up arms only that my people might live in peace."

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Legendary military commander and fedaie leader who defended Armenian civilian populations against Ottoman forces and led volunteer divisions in the Caucasus during World War I.

Biographical Record

Andranik Ozanian was born on February 25, 1865, in Şebinkarahisar. Joining the Armenian national liberation movement in the 1880s, he commanded fedaie guerrilla detachments in the mountains of Sasun and the historic 1901 defense of the Holy Apostles Monastery in Mush against overwhelming Ottoman forces.

During the Balkan Wars and World War I, General Andranik commanded the 1st Armenian Volunteer Battalion within the Imperial Russian Army, securing key victories at Dilman and Bitlis and safeguarding hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the Armenian Genocide. Following short exile in Europe and Fresno, California, his remains were eventually repatriated to Yerablur Pantheon in Yerevan in 2000.

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Final Resting Place

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Yerablur Military Pantheon
Yerevan, Armenia
GPS: 40.1585, 44.4536
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