Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan | |
|---|---|
 Ter-Tadevosyan in 2012 | |
| Native name | Արկադի Տեր-Թադևոսյան |
| Birth name | Artush Tadevosyan |
| Nickname(s) | Komandos (in Nagorno-Karabakh) Mountain Fox (in Afghanistan) |
| Born | 22 May 1939 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | March 31, 2021 (aged 81) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Artsakh Armenia |
| Service | .svg){kind=small} Soviet Army Artsakh Defense Army Armed Forces of Armenia |
| Rank | Major General (1992) |
| Commands | Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army[1] |
| Battles / wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Capture of Shushi |
| Awards | see below |
Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan (Armenian: Արկադի Իվանի (Հովհաննեսի) Տեր-Թադևոսյան; Russian: Аркадий Иванович Тер-Тадевосян; May 22, 1939 – March 31, 2021), also known by his nom-de-guerre Komandos (Armenian: Կոմանդոս), was a Soviet and Armenian Major General, a military leader of the Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Armenia's former Deputy Minister of Defense.[2] Ter-Tadevosyan is best known as the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi on 8–9 May 1992.[3]
- ^ Anon. Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Chronology of Key Events February 1988-June 2003 Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. NKR Office in Washington D.C. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
- ^ "Armenian general on OSCE MG co-chairs’ parity." Tert. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ Melkonian, Markar. My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia. New York: I. B. Tauris, 2005, pp. 219-220 ISBN 1-85043-635-5