ArmInfo.The legendary commander of the operation "Wedding in the Mountains" Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (Commandos) passed away
"It is with deep sorrow that I inform you that the hero of Artsakh, Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, has passed away. Our favorite Commando, " political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
Earlier, it was reported about the hospitalization of the Commandos.
Note that the Commando was born on May 22, 1939. After studying at the Baku Combined Arms Command School, and then the Leningrad Military Academy of Transport and Home Front, he served in Afghanistan, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Belarus, and since 1987 - in Armenia.
Since 1988-took an active part in the training of the militia. In 1990, he became a member of the Sasunzi David volunteer group. The detachment defended the Armenian border villages, which were constantly attacked and shelled by Azerbaijani militants.
May 6, 1991-appointed head of the department of non-military training of the Defense Committee - the first state military department under the Government of the Republic of Armenia, in difficult political conditions, conducts targeted work in educational institutions of the republic, in the former DOSAAF and other organizations, studies the experience of states that have gained independence in the construction of the armed forces.
July 13, 1991-Colonel Ter-Tadevosyan and Lieutenant Colonel Felix Gzoghlian went to Artsakh, where they were engaged in training the militia.
In Afghanistan, he was nicknamed the "Mountain Fox" in recognition of his skill in mountain warfare. In Artsakh, for the special method of special training, he was nicknamed "Commando".
In 1992, Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan developed and conducted a brilliant operation to liberate Shusha (May 8-9). Developed by Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan in the strictest secrecy, the plan to storm the fortress of Shushi (codenamed Operation Wedding in the Mountains) became the crown of his military biography and the first large-scale action carried out under the leadership of the unified Defense Headquarters of the Nagorno - Karabakh Republic. On May 9, 1992, Armenian military units, to the amazement of the enemy who held the height (Khattab later admits this in his interviews), captured the main enemy stronghold in Nagorno-Karabakh. It was from the heights of Shushi that the constant shelling of the NKR capital, Stepanakert, was conducted. Thanks to the commanding talent of Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan and the potential of the Artsakh Defense Army and the General Staff of the FSA, the Shusha operation was carried out with minimal losses. May 25, 1992 - he was promoted to the rank of Major General.
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan made an invaluable contribution to the creation of the NKR Defense Army. He continued to use his knowledge and rich experience as head of the Department for Personnel Education of the Ministry of Defense, Assistant Minister, and since 2002 - in the former DOSAAF. He was awarded the Order of the "Battle Cross" of the first degree, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order "Badge of Honor", honorary citizen of Yerevan (1998), "Hero of Artsakh" (2009, for exceptional services to the Fatherland).