Kristapor Ivanyan
Kristapor Ivanyan | |
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| Native name | Քրիստափոր Իվանյան |
| Birth name | Kristapor Ivanyan |
| Born | 20 December 1920 |
| Died | 30 August 1999 (aged 78) |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenia |
| Branch | Soviet Army Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Armed Forces of Armenia |
| Service years | 1938–1978 1992–1998 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | 195th Mortar Regiment 318th Infantry Division 280th Guards Tank Regiment 52nd Rifle Brigade 14th Army |
| Conflicts | 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.