Smbat Baroyan
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| Birth name | Smbat Boroyan (Սմբատ Բորոյան) |
| Born | 1875 Mush, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1956 (aged 80–81) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried at | Saint Gayane Church |
| Allegiance |
 Dashnaktsutyun (1880s–1921) Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
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| Years of service | 1880s—1921 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars |
Armenian National Liberation Movement February Uprising |
Armenian National Liberation Movement
Sasun Uprising
Iranian Constitutional Revolution
World War I
Makhluto (Armenian: Մախլուտո; 1875–1956), born Smbat Boroyan (Armenian: Սմբատ Բորոյան), also known as General Smbat, was an Armenian fedayee commander during the Armenian national movement. He was known for his battles alongside General Andranik Ozanian.
Smbat was born in the city of Muş in 1875. When he was a child, his parents sent him to Saint Karapet Monastery to receive a formal education. During this time, Smbat became acquainted with the "Armenian Question". He became inspired by the stories he heard of Armenian guerrillas (feedayis) taking arms to defend their homeland. In the mid-1880s, Smbat and his friend Levon escaped from school to join the feedayis. He joined the Vardanantz group when aged 15. One of his first tasks was to move their bags and rifles because they did not initially trust him with a gun.
Makhluto was present throughout most of the major battles that took place in the Van-Taron region in the 1890s. He fought along with other feedayis such as Kevork Chavoush, Andranik Pasha, Keri, and Murad of Sebastia. During the Hamidian massacres of the Armenians in 1894-1896, Makhluto joined Andranik Pasha in mounting armed attacks against the Ottoman army and Ottoman Kurdish raiders to defend Armenian citizens under persecution. Makhluto also took up arms during the Sasun Uprising. After the Sassoun resistance, Andranik, Kevork Chavush, Sebastatsi Murad, and Makhluto, with another 200 fighters, went to Van. The Feedayis took positions on Akhtamar Island. The Turks discovered their whereabouts and sent several ships with heavy weaponry to capture and kill them. They successfully defeated the Turkish attacks. In the aftermath, the feedayis decided to split. One group went to Sassoun with Kevork Chavush, and the other group to the Caucuses via the Persian border with Andranik Pasha. In 1907, Makhluto was present during the Battle of Sulukh in which Kevork Chavoush was killed. In 1908, he was involved in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution with Yeprem Khan. In 1914, during the outskirts of World War I, Makhluto became General Andranik's feedayee commander in the Caucasus Campaign.
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