1. Arshag Nersesian, better known by his nom de guerre Sebouh or General Sebouh, was an Armenian military commander.
21 Facts About Sebouh Nersesian
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Sebouh Nersesian was the right-hand man of General Andranik Ozanian.
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Sebouh Nersesian was born in 1872 in Tomna as Arshag Nersesian.
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Sebouh Nersesian became involved in Armenian revolutionary activities while as a youth.
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Sebouh Nersesian received his education in Trebizond and showed early aptitude as a craftsman.
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In 1894, General Sebouh left the Social Democratic Hunchakian Party and joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
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Sebouh Nersesian took part in battles at Tabek, Shenik and Semal, where he was later wounded.
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In 1907, Sebouh Nersesian participated in the ARF party congress at Vienna.
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Sebouh Nersesian fought in the decisive Battle of Sardarabad and later went on to help the Armenians besieged in Baku.
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In 1919, General Sebouh Nersesian was elected to the parliament of the First Republic of Armenia.
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General Sebouh Nersesian was known for assassinating traitors, suppressing the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920, and crushing the Alexandropol Soviet.
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On December 20,1920, General Sebouh Nersesian took refuge in Tiflis where he was joined by the majority of the members of the Dashnak bureau, who set up a liberation committee there.
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In Tiflis, General Sebouh Nersesian assumed leadership of a force of 500 volunteers which was sent to Salmas.
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General Sebouh Nersesian became the first Armenian officer to come to the United States and obtain a United States loan to rehabilitate the Armenian army.
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In Boston, General Sebouh Nersesian was financing Soghomon Tehlirian and Operation Nemesis, which led to the assassination of Talat Pasha.
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Sebouh Nersesian toured the United States as a field worker of the ARF.
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Sebouh Nersesian helped to expand the ARF's presence throughout the country.
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Sebouh Nersesian was the head of the "secret special" mission in the United States, having taken over its direction at the request of Armen Garo.
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Sebouh Nersesian settled permanently in Detroit, where he maintained a grocery business.
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Sebouh Nersesian's sons joined Garegin Nzhdeh's Tseghakrons.
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On November 20,2014, the remains of General Sebouh Nersesian were interred in Yerevan's military cemetery at Yerablur.