1. Tovmas Nazarbekian, known as Foma Nazarbekov, was an Armenian general in the Russian Caucasus Army and later promoted to commander-in-chief of the First Republic of Armenia.
10 Facts About Tovmas Nazarbekian
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Tovmas Nazarbekian was born to a wealthy Russianized noble family of Armenian descent in Tiflis.
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Tovmas Nazarbekian was awarded the Order of St Anna for his success in Erzurum.
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Tovmas Nazarbekian commanded the forces that took Bitlis in the dead of winter, and took his army down through the mountains of Eastern Anatolia to the plains of Mush.
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Tovmas Nazarbekian engaged with the Ottoman 3rd Army at the Battle of Mush and captured the city Mush.
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Tovmas Nazarbekian established the outposts which made possible the further advance of the British in the Mesopotamian campaign.
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Tovmas Nazarbekian was appointed the first ever Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the First Republic of Armenia.
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Tovmas Nazarbekian used his knowledge and experience to aid in the creation of the Armenian regular army.
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Tovmas Nazarbekian remained politically neutral during the years of the First Republic.
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Tovmas Nazarbekian settled in his hometown Tiflis, where he lived quietly and wrote a series of memoirs about the war on the Caucasus Campaign from 1914 to 1918.