Tanker Day of Armenia
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Among the great Armenian tankers, Marshal of the Armored Troops Amazasp Khachaturovich Babajanyan occupies a special place.
Babajanyan Amazasp Khachaturovich - commander of the 20th Guards Zaleshchitsky Mechanized Brigade of the 1st Tank Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Guard Colonel.
Born on February 18, 1906 in the village of Chardakhlu (Nagorno-Karabakh).
On the front of the Great Patriotic War since July 1941. During the Battle of Moscow he commanded a rifle regiment. In August 1942, after completing the accelerated course of the M.V. Frunze Military Academy, Babajanyan A.H. was appointed commander of the mechanized brigade of the 1st Tank Army. He took part in the Battle of Kursk.
For the skillful leadership of the fighting units of the 20th Guards Mechanized Brigade and its successful crossing among the first rivers of the Dniester, for personal courage, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 26, 1944, the Guard Colonel A.H. Babajanyan was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, with the award of the Order of Lenin and the medal "Golden Star" (No. 2077).
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After the war, he held high positions for merit.
From May 1969 he was the head of the tank forces of the Soviet Army. In 1975, Amazasp Khachaturovich Babajanyan was awarded the military rank of chief marshal of armored troops.
He died on November 1, 1977 in Moscow, where he was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.
He was awarded 4 orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, 4 orders of the Red Banner, orders of Suvorov of the 1st degree, Kutuzov of the 1st degree, Suvorov of the 2nd degree, Patriotic War of the 1st degree, 2 orders of the Red Star, medals and foreign orders and medals.
