Grigory Khatchaturov
Grigory Yurii Khachaturov (Armenian: Գրիգորի Յուրիի Խաչատուրով; born 30 July[1] 1977) is a major general in the Armenian Ground Forces who is also the son of former Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary-General and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, Colonel General Yuri Khatchaturov.[2]
Early life
[edit]He was born in the Primorsky Krai (in what is now Russia), and grew up in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic with his mother and father. He is named after his grandfather. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, his father was sent to Armenia by the order of the Minister of Defense of Belarus. Grigory then entered the Yerevan General Military School. According to him, he began to learn the Armenian language, as he grew up being fluent in the Russian language. Khachaturov served on the borders of Armenia while in the army. After college, he graduated from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Russian General Staff Academy.[3]
Further career
[edit]Khachaturov at one point in his career was appointed commander of the Motorized Rifle Regiment named after Vazgen Sargsyan of the 4th Army Corps.[4] In 2010, he resigned from the post of commander of the unit. immediately after this, cases of abuse of office by officers were revealed in this unit, with a criminal case being initiated, which was later closed on the basis of "effective repentance."[5] He was appointed to the post of commander of the 3rd Army Corps in Vanadzor on 7 July 2016, succeeding Onik Gasparyan.[6] He was previously the deputy commander of the corps, He was awarded his current rank on 20 September 2019.[7][8][9] During the July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes, he successfully prevented Azeri advances in Tavush Province.[10] During a ceremony at Sardarapat, Khachaturov, received the Battle Cross of the first degree for his role in the battles.[11] In 2021, General Khatchaturov was one of 40 officers who signed the Armenian military memorandum against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.[12][13]
References
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- ^ "Yuri Khatchaturov named new CSTO Secretary General".
- ^ "Жизнь на боевом посту / Армии / Независимая газета". nvo.ng.ru. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "ՆՇՎԵՑ ՀՀ ՊԱՇՏՊԱՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՆԱԽԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅԱՆ 4-ՐԴ ԶՈՐԱՄԻԱՎՈՐՄԱՆ ԿԱԶՄԱՎՈՐՄԱՆ 16-ՐԴ ՏԱՐԵԴԱՐՁԸ". «ՎԱՐԴԱՁՈՐ» ԹԵՐԹ. 2013-08-05. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Имя сына Хачатурова связывают с рядом скандалов - правозащитник". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ Razm.info. "Գրիգորի Խաչատուրովը ստացել է գեներալ–մայորի կոչում | Razm.info" (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ "Arminfo: Son of Yuri Khachaturov Grigori Khachaturov has been bestowed with Major-General military rank". arminfo.info. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "CSTO ex-secretary general Yuri Khachaturov's son awarded Major General rank". news.am. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "Commander of 3rd Army Corps Grigori Khachaturov bestowed with Major-General military rank". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ ԱԶԳ (2020-07-30). "Գրիգորի Խաչատուրով՝ վերարժևորված գեներալ". Ազգ (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Григорий Хачатуров получил Боевой крест первой степени" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "ՀՀ ԶՈՒ երրորդ բանակային կորպուսի հրամանատար, գեներալ-մայոր Գրիգորի Խաչատուրովը շարունակում է իրականացնել իր ծառայությունը. Շուշան Ստեփանյան". zarkerak.am. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ Узел, Кавказский. "Генштаб призвал Пашиняна к отставке - Пашинян объявил о попытке переворота". Кавказский Узел. Retrieved 2021-03-15.