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.
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Hamazasp Khachaturovich Babadzhanian
(Russian: ??????????, ??????? ???????????,
Armenian: ???????? ??????????) (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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