Yakov Melkumov

Yakov Melkumov
Born	(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 Battle of Baljuvan (1922) Intervention in Afghanistan (1930)

Yakov Arkadievich Melkumov (Russian: Я́ков Арка́дьевич Мельку́мов; Armenian: Հակոբ Արշակի Մելքումյան Hakob 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.