Hamazasp Babadzhanian

Hamazasp Babadzhanian
Native name
Armenian: Համազասպ Բաբաջանյան
Russian: Амазасп Хачатурович Бабаджанян
Born(1906-02-18)18 February 1906
Khachisar, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1 November 1977(1977-11-01) (aged 71)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branchArmored troops
Years of service1925–1977
RankChief Marshal of the Armoured Troops
Commands3rd Mechanized Brigade
20th Tank Brigade
11th Guards Tank Corps
Odessa Military District
Armored Forces Academy
Battles/wars
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin (4)
Order of the Red Banner (4)
see below

Hamazasp Khachaturi Babadzhanian (Armenian: Համազասպ Խաչատուրի Բաբաջանյան; Russian: Амазасп Хачатурович Бабаджанян, Amazasp Khachaturovich Babadzhanyan; 18 February 1906 – 1 November 1977) was a Soviet military officer of Armenian origin who held the rank of Chief Marshal of the Armoured Troops.[1] He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).

  1. ^ (in Armenian) Anon. Babajanyan, Hamazasp Khachaturi, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1976, vol. 2, p. 188.