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Hamazasp Khachaturovich Babadzhanian () (
February 18,
1906 —
November 1,
1977).
Chief Marshal of the Armored troops of the USSR in 1975. He was awarded
Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944.
He was born in the family of an
Armenian peasant, in the village of Chardakhlu near
Yelizavetpol (later
Kirovabad, now
Ganja,
Azerbaijan), then part of the
Russian Empire.
Hovhannes (Ivan) Baghramian,
Marshal of the Soviet Union, was born in the same village.
In 1925, Babadzhanian joined the
Red Army. He first joined the
Soviet Communist Party in 1928. One year later, in 1929, he graduated from the military infantry school he was attending. He then participated in the
Finno-Soviet War of 1939-1940. In the beginning of the
Great Patriotic War, he commanded a rifle regiment from June 1941 to April 1942. From September 1942, he was the commander of the 3rd Mechanized Brigade (starting from October 1943,
Soviet Guards). 3rd Brigade was part of
3rd Mechanised Corps. For the skillful management of the brigade during the retaking of the river
Dniester, he was awarded the title of
Hero of the Soviet Union. From August 1944 through May 1945, he commanded the guard armored corps. He graduated from the military academy of the general staff in 1948, and was appointed with critical command posts.
In November 1956, Babadzhanian led the 8th Mechanized Army in
Budapest, during the Soviet intervention that led to the crushing of the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956. From 1959, he was commander-in-chief of the forces in the
Odessa Military District. From 1967 to 1969, he was the chief of the military academy of armored troops in the name of Marshal of the Soviet Union Malinovsky and from May 1969, chief of the tank forces. Babadzhanian was a Deputy of the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR during the 6th and 7th convocations.
He was awarded the
Order of Lenin three times, the
Order of the Red Banner four times, the
Order of Suvorov twice (one of the 1st degree and another of 2nd degree), the
Order of Kutuzov of the 1st degree, the
Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the
Order of the Red Star two times, two Polish Orders, as well as countless medals.
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