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ANDRANIK OZANYAN DIED 85 YEARS AGO TODAY
armradio.am
31.08.2012 13:22
Memorials all over the world - including one near Chico - pay tribute
to a war hero and "freedom-fighter" who spent the last month of his
life in Butte County.
Ozanian went to Butte County and died there, 85 years ago today.
Ozanian, who is known affectionately by Armenians as "General
Andranik," was born in 1865 in Armenia.
Andranik Ozanian was an Armenian military commander, fedayee leader
and a key figure of the Armenian national movement in late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries. Andranik is greatly admired as a
national hero.
After losing his mother, later his wife and their newborn son,
Andranik joined the fedayee movement in late 1880s, first fighting
against the Turks and Kurds in ranks of Hunchaks, later as a Dashnak.
His revolutionary activities lasted until 1904, when he left the
Ottoman Empire. In 1907 Andranik left the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation because of disagreement with cooperation with the Young
Turks. In 1912~V1913, together with Garegin Nzhdeh, Andranik led the
Armenian volunteer company of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer
Corps against the Ottomans during the First Balkan War.
During the First World War, Andranik stood at the head of the first
Armenian volunteer battalions and later led them against the Ottoman
army. After Armenia's declaration of independence in May 1918,
Andranik fought in Nakhichevan, Zangezur against the Azerbaijani and
Turkish armies.
General Andranik left Armenia in 1919. He spent his last years of life
in Europe and the United States. He settled in Fresno, California in
1922 and died five years later in 1927, at age of 62.
From: A. Papazian
armradio.am
31.08.2012 13:22
Memorials all over the world - including one near Chico - pay tribute
to a war hero and "freedom-fighter" who spent the last month of his
life in Butte County.
Ozanian went to Butte County and died there, 85 years ago today.
Ozanian, who is known affectionately by Armenians as "General
Andranik," was born in 1865 in Armenia.
Andranik Ozanian was an Armenian military commander, fedayee leader
and a key figure of the Armenian national movement in late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries. Andranik is greatly admired as a
national hero.
After losing his mother, later his wife and their newborn son,
Andranik joined the fedayee movement in late 1880s, first fighting
against the Turks and Kurds in ranks of Hunchaks, later as a Dashnak.
His revolutionary activities lasted until 1904, when he left the
Ottoman Empire. In 1907 Andranik left the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation because of disagreement with cooperation with the Young
Turks. In 1912~V1913, together with Garegin Nzhdeh, Andranik led the
Armenian volunteer company of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer
Corps against the Ottomans during the First Balkan War.
During the First World War, Andranik stood at the head of the first
Armenian volunteer battalions and later led them against the Ottoman
army. After Armenia's declaration of independence in May 1918,
Andranik fought in Nakhichevan, Zangezur against the Azerbaijani and
Turkish armies.
General Andranik left Armenia in 1919. He spent his last years of life
in Europe and the United States. He settled in Fresno, California in
1922 and died five years later in 1927, at age of 62.
From: A. Papazian