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Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as Andranik (25 February 1865 – 31 August 1927) was an Armenian military commander and statesman, the most famous fedayi and a key figure of the Armenian national liberation movement. Andranik became active in the Armenian armed struggle against the Ottoman government and Kurdish irregulars in the late 1880s. He joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktustyun) party and along other fedayi, he sought to defend the Armenian peasantry living in their ancestral homeland; an area known as Turkish (or Western) Armenia—at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. His revolutionary activities ceased in 1904, when he left the Ottoman Empire. In 1907, Andranik left Dashnaktustyun because he disagreed with its cooperation with the Young Turks, a party which years later perpetrated the Armenian Genocide. In 1912–1913, together with Garegin Nzhdeh, Andranik led Armenian volunteers within the Bulgarian army against the Ottomans during the First Balkan War.

Born: February 25th, 1865

Died: August 31st, 1927

Categories: Armenians, Military leaders, Political leaders, 1920s deaths, Leaders of the Republic of Armenia

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If Armenian people want to make me honor, I don't want my statue, I don't want glorious burial. Let Armenian people stop the destroying of Apostolic monastery and set up a small school for Armenian children. This is my whole desire and moral claim to Armenian people.(12 April 2013), Հայրենասերների Միություն - Պաշտպան Հայրենյաց, language: Armenian, publisher: hy-am.facebook.com, retrieved: 26 February 2014

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