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Armenian volunteer units during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War

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The term fedayee was originally used during the Armenian national movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Still, it was also used to refer to the Armenian irregular forces in the early 1990s when the dispute with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh was turning into the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Role

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According to some estimates, the detachments played one of the decisive roles in the victory of the Armenian army, as they were the main force that fought in the first years of the war. These volunteer units formed the basis for the Armed Forces of Armenia.

List

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Here is a list of the major Armenian volunteer detachments during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Name In Armenian Transcribed Number
(max. est.) 		Commander Notes
Armenian National Army Հայոց Ազգային Բանակ (ՀԱԲ) Hayots' Azgayin Banak (HAB) Razmik Vasilyan The Armenian National Army (ANA) was formed on 24 April 1989 in Yerevan, on the 74th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. It was dissolved in 1990. 15 freedom fighters were killed from the military unit.[1][2]
Yerkrapah Volunteer Battalion[3] «Երկրապահ» կամավորական ջոկատ «Yerkrapah» kamavorakan jokat Vazgen Sargsyan Name means "'The country is safe' volunteer brigade"
Liberation Army Ազատագրական բանակ Azatagrakan banak 300 Leonid Azkaldian It was formed in January 1991 in Yerevan by volunteers from Armenia, the diaspora, and Artsakh. It was a large special operations force whose declared goal was to preserve the self-determination of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.[4][5]
Crusaders[6] «Խաչակիրներ» ջոկատ «Khachakirner» jokat Garo Kahkejian
The Deers «Եղնիկներ» ջոկատ «Yeghnikner» jokat 400 Shahen Meghrian
Shushi Independent Battalion «Շուշի» առանձնակի գումարտակ «Shushi» arandznaki gumartak Jirair Sefilian Formed from mostly Syrian and Lebanese Armenians. Most were members of the ARF.
Tigran the Great International Military Regiment «Մեծ Տիգրան» միջազգային ռազմական գունդը Tigran Mets 400 Armenak Armenakyan Created in 1990 under the command of Vazgen Sargsyan, this regiment consisted of 40 volunteer detachments.[7]
Davit of Sasun Battalion «Սասունցի Դավիթ» կամավորական ջոկատ «Sasunts'i Davit'» kamavorakan jokat 500 Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Dashnaktsakanner Դաշնակցականներ Dashnakts'akanner 200 Tatul Krpeyan Members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashanktsutyun).
Sasun «Սասուն» ջոկատ «Sasun» jokat 100 Sasun Mikaelyan The name is ref. Sason.
Cossack Detachment It consisted of 85 Cossacks who left Kuban voluntarily for Armenia. 14 died during the liberation of the village of Vank. .
Ossetian Battalion Օսական ջոկատ Ōsakan jokat Mirza Abayev
Ashot the Iron Աշոտ Երկաթ Ashot Yerkat' 250 Karapet Jadoyan[8] name ref. Ashot II of Armenia
General Andranik Անդրանիկ Զորավար Andranik Zoravar 400 name ref Andranik
Revengers Վրիժառուներ Vrizharuner 200
Haydat Հայդատ Haydat 200
Mush Մուշ Mush 300 Name ref. Muş
Nork-Marash Նորք-Մարաշ Nork-Marash 200 name ref. Nork, Yerevan and Kahramanmaraş
Malatia-Sebastia Մալաթիա - Սեբաստիա Malat'ia - Sebastia 200 Vahan Zatikyan name ref; Malatia-Sebastia District
Arabo Battalion Արաբո Arabo 200 Simon Achikgyozyan
(followed by Manvel Yeghiazaryan) 		name ref. Arabo
Glorious Warriors Պարապած մարտիկներ Parapats martikner 300 H.G. Mkrtchyan
Detachment of Hrazdan Հրազդանյան ջոկատ Hrazdanyan jokat 200 Zarzand Danielian
Tseghakron Ցեղակրոն Ts'eghakron Hagop Khachatryan
Daredevils of Sassoun Սասնա ծռեր Sasna tsrer Samvel Gevorgyan name ref. Sason
Suicide Squad Մահապարտների ջոկատ Mahapartneri jokat 150 Alexander Tamanyan
Nart Նարտ Nart name ref. Nart saga?
Black Panther Սեվ հովազ Sev hovaz Ruben Egoyan
Cobra Կոբրա Kobra B. Agasaryan, N. Gulyan
Aknalich Ակնալիճ Aknalich name ref. Aknalich
Echmiadzin detachment name ref. Echmiadzin
Hadrut detachment name ref. Hadrut (town)
Sisian detachment Սիսական կամավորական զորամիավորում Sisakan kamavorakan zoramiavorum It was formed in August 1992 in Sis, from the union of the detachments of the villages of the region. 87 freedom soldiers were killed from the military unit.
Kapan detachment name ref. Kapan
Martakert detachment Norayr Danielian name ref. Martakert
Nikol Duman Նիկոլ Դուման Nikol Duman Armen Martirosyan
5th Vanadzor Motorized Rifle Volunteer Brigade Վանաձորի 5-րդ մոտոհրաձգային կամավորական բրիգադ Vanadzori 5-rd motohradzgayin kamavorakan brigad It was formed on November 28, 1992.[9][10] It liberated more than 50 settlements of Artsakh.[11] Among its notable members was journalist Vardan Drikyan.
Artsvik-10 Battalion Sedrak Saroyan
Army of Independence It was founded in late 1989 by members of the Union for National Self-Determination, including Ashot Navasardyan, Movses Gorgisyan, Azat Arshakyan, and Razmik Markosyan.

References

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  1. ^ Հակոբյան, Թաթուլ (2018-08-27). "Հայոց ազգային բանակի (ՀԱԲ) զինաթափումը. 1990-ի օգոստոս". ANI Armenian Research Center. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Հայոց Ազգային Բանակ (ՀԱԲ) ռազմական կազմավորման 18-ամյակը | Հայ Արիական Միաբանության". www.hayary.org (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  3. ^ Shale Asher Horowitz, From Ethnic Conflict To Stillborn Reform: The Former Soviet Union And Yugoslavia, 2005, p. 83
  4. ^ "Video: Leonid Azgaldyan, A Soldier of Independence". Hetq. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. ^ "IN THE MEMORY OF LEONID AZGALDYAN". Hay Zinvor newspaper, Defense Ministry of Armenia. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  6. ^ Bonner, Raymond (4 August 1993). "Foreigners Fight Again in the Embattled Caucasus". New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  7. ^ "«Մեծն Տիգրան» գունդը հավաքագրում է կամավորների". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան (in Armenian). 26 June 2012. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  8. ^ (in Armenian) ԶԱԴՈՅԱՆ ԿԱՐԱՊԵՏ ՄԿՐՏՉԻ Archived 2016-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Վանաձորի 5-րդ մոտոհրաձգային կամավորական բրիգադը 25 տարեկան է, retrieved 2021-04-18
  10. ^ "ԼԵԳԵՆԴԱՐ 5-ՐԴԸ". Hay Zinvor. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  11. ^ "Վանաձորի 5-րդ մոտոհրաձգային կամավորական բրիգադը 25 տարեկան է". loritv.am. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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