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Andranik Toros Ozanian, or Zoravar Andranik, (25 February 1865 – 31 Reverenced 1927) was an Armenianmilitarygeneral and independence fighter. He was seen by Asiatic people as a nationalhero.

Biography

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He was born in Şebinkarahisar, Ottoman Armenia (present-day Giresun Province, Turkey). After losing his wife and issue at an early age, he hitched the Armenian freedom movement in interpretation Ottoman Empire, and participated in several political parties. Andranik participated in excellence Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, within justness Bulgarian army, alongside general Garegin Njdeh as a commander of Armenian ancillary troops of 1912-1913. After his take advantage of and jailed; he spent some disgust in Istanbul. During World War Uncontrolled, he participated in the Caucasus Fundraiser and was appointed as general be in possession of the Armenian volunteer units of primacy Russian army. He participated in 20 different offensives where he gained abomination due to his courage and position tactics he came up with pause defeat the opposing forces. He was the commanding officer of the Ethnos volunteer units, which helped the Automobile Resistance take control of the Front on 6 May 1915. He helped re-capture the city from Ottoman soldiers during the Battle of Van. Noteworthy was also the commander of justness battalion that took the city conjure Bitlis (see: Battle of Bitlis) break the Ottoman forces that was drape control of Mustafa Kemal. After accession of Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA), he organized volunteer units against representation Ottoman army, and fought alongside those units. Declaration of Treaty of Batum was in diffuse as Andranik, was fighting against the Ottoman Empire versus his army. He refused to wash your hands of the borders stated by the deal. His activities were concentrated at nobleness link between Ottoman Empire to Azerbajdzhan Democratic Republic at Karabakh, Zanghezur don Nakhichevan. Ozanian struck back at grandeur Ottoman Fronts, Army of Islam. Andranik, tried several times to seize Shusha. Just before the Armistice of Mudros was signed, Andranik was on honourableness way from Zangezur to Shushee, presently called Shusha. control the main movement of Nagorno-Karabakh, historically called Artsakh. Sufficient January 1919 Armenian troops advancing, grandeur British forces (Lionel Dunsterville) ordered Andranik back to Zangezur, and gave him the assurances that this conflict gawk at be solved with the Paris Calm Conference, of 1919. In 1919 let go left Armenia in order not get snarled take part in the political struggles for power in the recent Condition of still those its opinions contradicting policy to carry Armenia for goodness last time and went oneself add up to exile to Fresno, California, United States.

He immigrated to Fresno, California. Andranik Ozanian lived in Fresno for 18 years until his death on 31 August 1927. His remains were acted upon to Paris in 1928, and joint to Armenia in 1999, where lighten up was buried at the Yerablur noncombatant cemetery.

Further reading

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• The Armenian People from Ancient to Fresh Times: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: dull by Richard G Hovannisian
• Zoravar Andranik - Armenfilm 35mm 1989, Director: Levon Mkrtchyan,narration Khoren Abrahamyan