Keri (fedayi)

Arshak Gavafian
Arshak Gavafian
	Commanders of the Russian Armenian Volunteer Corps: Keri of the 4th battalion, Hamazasp of the 3rd battalion, Vartan of the Ararat regiment
Birth name	Arshak Gavafian
Nickname(s)	Keri
Born	1858; Erzurum, Erzurum Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	15 May 1916 (aged 57–58); Rowanduz, Ottoman Empire; (present-day Iraq)
Buried	Khojivank, Tiflis
Allegiance	Armenian Revolutionary Federation (1880s–1916); Russian Empire (1914–1916)
Service / branch	Russian Armenian Volunteer Corps
Years of service	1880s—1916
Commands	4th Armenian volunteer battalion
Battles / wars	Armenian National Liberation Movement Sasun Uprising; ; Persian Constitutional Revolution; World War I Caucasus Campaign Battle of Sarikamish; Battle of Koprukoy; ; ;

Arshak Gavafian, better known by his nom de guerre Keri (1858 – 15 May 1916), was an Armenian fedayee military commander and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.^[1]

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