Yuri Khatchaturov
| Yuri Khachaturov Յուրի Խաչատուրով |
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| Chief of the General Staff of Armenia | |
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In office 15 April 2008 – present |
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| President | Serzh Sargsyan |
| Preceded by | Seyran Ohanyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 May 1952 Tetritskaro, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Awards | see below |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union Armenia
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| Service/branch |
 Soviet Army Armed Forces of Armenia
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| Years of service | 1972—present |
| Rank | Colonel-General |
| Battles/wars |
Soviet-Afghan War Nagorno-Karabakh War |
Yuri Khachaturov (Armenian: Յուրի Խաչատուրով; born 1 May 1952) is the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia.
Khachaturov was born in Tetritskaro, Georgian SSR on 1 May 1952. After graduating from the Secondary School Tetritskaro in 1969, he entered the Tbilisi Artillery Command of the Red Banner School, where he graduated from with honors in 1974. After graduation, Khachaturov was appointed commander of the platoon firing artillery regiment of infantry divisions of the Far Eastern Military District. He served as a battery commander, chief of staff, deputy commander of an artillery battalion commander of the anti-tank artillery battalion in the Far Eastern Military District from 1976 to 1982.
From 1982 to 1985, he studied at the Kalinin Artillery Military Academy in Leningrad. Afterward he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Missile Forces and Artillery Tank Division of the Belarusian Military District. Khachaturov served as Chief of Staff of the Missile Forces and Artillery 5 Guards Motorized Rifle Division 40th Army in Afghanistan from 1987 to February 1989. For his service in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, he was honored with an Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, two Soviet Orders of Red Star, and the Afghan Order of Star (2nd degree).
After serving in Afghanistan, Khachaturov was appointed commander of a separate tank army artillery brigade of the Belarusian Military District in October 1989. After the Fall of the Soviet Union, a special decree of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus for Khachaturov's services had been seconded to the Ministry of Defence of Armenia and he was appointed commander of the Armenian 2nd infantry regiment in April 1992. He took part in the hostilities of the Nagorno-Karabakh War and was actively involved in the protection of the state border.
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