THE HEROIC BATTLE OF ZANGEZUR
Keywords:
Armenia, Zangezur, Daralagyaz, National Assembly, Government, Azerbaijan, heroic battle, battle, army, military unit, military forces, gangAbstract
The article presents historically important heroic episode of liberation struggle of Zangezur against the Azerbaijani despotism.In November 1919 the Azerbaijani troops led by General Shikhlinski in order to capture the Zangezur in alliance with Kurdish gangs attacked it. Military forces of Zangezur under the command of Colonel Arsen Shahmazyan defeated enemy forces and thus prevented carrying out British policy, namely, to pass the region under the domination of Azerbaijan. Thus they save the Armenian population from imminent slaughter.
