Kristapor Ivanyan

Kristapor Ivanyan
Native name	Քրիստափոր Իվանյան
Birth name	Kristapor Ivanyan
Born	(1920-12-20)20 December 1920 Tiflis, Georgia
Died	30 August 1999(1999-08-30) (aged 78) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenia
Service / branch	Soviet Army Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service	1938–1978 1992–1998
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	195th Mortar Regiment 318th Infantry Division 280th Guards Tank Regiment 52nd Rifle Brigade 14th Army
Battles / wars	World War II First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Awards	see below

Kristapor Ivani Ivanyan (Armenian: Քրիստափոր Իվանի Իվանյան, Russian: Христофо́р Ива́нович Иваня́н; 20 December 1920 – 30 August 1999) was a Soviet and Armenian lieutenant general. He fought in both World War II and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. He was one of the founders of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army.

A military school in Stepanakert is named after Ivanyan. In 2001, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic renamed the town of Khojaly to Ivanyan in his honor, and a statue of Ivanyan was unveiled in Stepanakert on the tenth anniversary of the proclamation of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence.^[1]