Tatul Krpeyan

National Hero of Armenia

Tatul Krpeyan
NicknamesԳետաշենի արծիվ (Getasheni artsiv, "Eagle of Getashen")
Born(1965-04-21)April 21, 1965
Areg, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedApril 30, 1991(1991-04-30) (aged 26)
Getashen, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union
AllegianceArmenian Revolutionary Federation
Service years1990–1991
Conflicts
AwardsNational Hero of Armenia (1996)

Tatul Zhorzhiki Krpeyan (Armenian: Թաթուլ Ժորժիկի Կրպեյան; 21 April 1965 – 30 April 1991) was an Armenian commander. He was the self-appointed leader of paramilitary units in Getashen and Martunashen villages in Shahumyan District of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. He was killed during Operation Ring by the Soviet Azerbaijani special police (OMON).


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