“It looked as if all Armenians of California were at the Southern Pacific depot at the day he arrived.”
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Andranik Ozanian
Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik, was an Armenian military commander and statesman, widely regarded as the preeminent fedayi and a seminal figure of the Armenian national liberation movement.
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politics · Armenian military leader (1865–1927) · politician · military personnel · also Andranik Ozanian, Andranik, Ozanian, Andranik, Ozanian
Born 25 February 1865 · Died 31 August 1927 · Q278864
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2026· 2 entries
BeSoccer Livescore: Aperçu Olympia FC vs Andranik, First League Tour 19
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2000· 1 entry
The Armenian and French governments arranged the transfer of Andranik's body from Paris to Yerevan
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1995· 1 entry
General Andranik's Museum was founded in Komitas Park of Yerevan, but was soon closed because the building was privatized
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1989· 2 entries
As Hoktemberyan Station and was renamed for Andranik in 1992
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When the tight Soviet control over publications was relaxed
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1965· 1 entry
The 100th anniversary of Andranik's birth was celebrated in Soviet Armenia
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1963· 1 entry
Prominent Soviet Armenian poet Paruyr Sevak wrote an essay about Andranik after reading one of his soldier's notes
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1927· 1 entry
Died 1927-08-31.
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1920· 2 entries
Vahan Totovents, under the pen name Arsen Marmarian, published the book Gen
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As "the Armenian's Robin Hood, Garibaldi, and Washington, all in one
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1919· 2 entries
Following continued friction with the Republican government, dedicating his remaining years to organizing relief for Armenian refugees across Europe and the United States
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During his visit to France, Andranik was bestowed the title of Legion of Honor Officier by President Raymond Poincaré
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1914· 1 entry
Andranik left retirement in Bulgaria to return to Russia
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1913· 1 entry
Leon Trotsky described Andranik as "a hero of song and legend
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1908· 1 entry
The ARF attempted to reconcile with Andranik, inviting him to relocate to Constantinople and stand for election to the Ottoman parliament
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1907· 2 entries
Over its brief rapprochement with the Young Turks—the faction that would later orchestrate the Armenian genocide
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Andranik settled in Sofia, where he established ties with the leadership of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, including prominent revolutionary Boris Sarafov
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1906· 2 entries
While in Geneva, he published a treatise on military tactics that drew heavily from his strategic experiences during the 1904 Sasun uprising
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That he met a priest from Turkish Armenia in Erivan who "sang the war-song of Antranik, the leader of Armenian revolutionary bands in Turkey
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1903· 1 entry
Andranik formally petitioned the Ottoman government to cease the systemic harassment of Armenians and to implement the long-promised reforms in the Armenian provinces
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1899· 1 entry
The Armenian resistance suffered a significant blow when Aghbiur Serob, the preeminent leader of the fedayi, was killed by the Kurdish chieftain Bushare Khalil Bey
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1897· 1 entry
Andranik traveled to Tiflis—then the largest city of the Caucasus and a major center of Armenian culture—where the ARF headquarters was located
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1892· 2 entries
Joined the newly created Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF or Dashnaktsutyun)
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For taking part in the assassination of Constantinople's police chief, Yusuf Mehmed Bey—known for his anti-Armenianism—on 9 February
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1884· 1 entry
And stayed there until 1886, working as a carpenter
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1882· 1 entry
Andranik was arrested for assaulting a Turkish gendarme for mistreating Armenians
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1865· 1 entry
Born 1865-02-25.
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