Shushi Independent Battalion
The 77th Shushi Separate Battalion[1] or Shushi Independent Battalion (Armenian: «Շուշի» առանձնակի գումարտակ) was a unit of the Artsakh Defence Army. It was formed on 1 September 1992, originally consisting of over 1,000 soldiers including many from the Armenian diaspora.[2] Most soldiers in the battalion were members of the ARF. It took part in Operation Horadiz.[3]
The battalion in modern Artsakh
[edit]A memorial to the fallen military personnel from the battalion was erected on the southern top of Mount Aragats in 2003. After the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes, the ARF helped the Ministry of Defense of Armenia in setting up a volunteer reserve battalion, tracing back its heritage from the Shushi independent battalion.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Велимамедов, Мамед (20 November 2020). Очерки по Карабахской войне. ISBN 9785041605469.
- ^ "Շուշիի առանձնակի գումարտակ". Radio YAN - Armenian Radio Station. 2011-12-29. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ LLC, Ayb Solutions. "ՄԻ ԷՋ' ՇՈՒՇԻԻ ԱՌԱՆՁՆԱԿԻ ԳՈՒՄԱՐՏԱԿԻ ՄԱՐՏԱԿԱՆ ՈՒՂՈՒՑ". Hay Zinvor. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ "ՀՅԴ-ն կազմավորում է կամավորականների պահեստային գումարտակ | AraratNews". araratnews.am. Archived from the original on 2016-11-28.
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