Garegin Nzhdeh
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| Birth name | Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan |
| Born |
January 1, 1886 Kznut, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan) |
| Died | 21 December 1955 (aged 69) Vladimir, Soviet Union |
| Buried at | Spitakavor Monastery |
| Allegiance |
 ARF Party (1907–1937) Kingdom of Bulgaria (1912–1913) Russian Empire (1914–1917) Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) Mountainous Armenia (1921)
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| Years of service | 1907–1921 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars |
First Balkan War |
| Awards | see below |
First Balkan War
Second Balkan War
Armenian National Liberation Movement
World War I
Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan (Armenian: Գարեգին Տէր-Յարութիւնեան) better known by his nom de guerre Garegin Nzhdeh (Armenian: Գարեգին Նժդեհ) (1 January 1886 – 21 December 1955) was an Armenian statesman and military strategist. As a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, he was involved in national liberation struggle and revolutionary activities during the First Balkan War and World War I. Garegin Nzhdeh was one of the key political and military leaders of the First Republic of Armenia (1918–1921), and is widely admired as a charismatic national hero by Armenians.
In 1921, he instrumented the establishment of the Republic of Mountainous Armenia, an anti-Bolshevik state that became a key factor that led to the inclusion of the province of Syunik into Soviet Armenia. During World War II, he assisted the Armenian Legion of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of the Nazi Germany, he hoped that if Germany succeeded in conquering the USSR, they would be able to grant Armenia independence.
Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan was born on 1 January 1886 in the village of Kznut, Nakhchivan. He was the youngest of four children born to a local village priest. He lost his father, Priest Yeghishe, in his childhood. Nzhdeh got his early education at a Russian school in Nakhichevan City. He continued his higher education at the Tiflis Russian Gymnasium school. At the age of 17 he joined the Armenian liberation movement. The word nzhdeh in Armenian means pilgrim or emigrant. Shortly after, he moved to St. Petersburg to continue his education in the local university. After two years of studying at the Faculty of Law, he left the St. Petersburg University and returned to the Caucasus in order to participate in the Armenian national movements against the Ottoman Empire.
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