Hmayak Babayan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hmayak Babayan

Soviet officer and military personnel (1901-1945)

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1901

Place of Birth: Kars, Turkey

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1945

Profession: military personnel, military officer

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Hmayak Babayan

  • Hmayak Grigoryevich Babayan (Russian: ????? ??????????? ??????; Armenian: ?????? ??????? ???????; 15 August 1901 – 21 April 1945) was an Armenian Red Army major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Born to an Armenian peasant family in modern-day eastern Turkey, Babayan joined the Imperial Russian Army in 1917, fighting in the Caucasus Campaign.
  • After the collapse of the Imperial Russian Army, he became a soldier in the army of the First Republic of Armenia.
  • After the Soviet occupation of Armenia, Babayan joined the Red Army, in which he became an officer.
  • Stationed in Belarus before the German invasion of the Soviet Union, he was wounded twice in the first months of the war.
  • Commanding a regiment during the Battle of Moscow in December 1941, Babayan was seriously wounded.
  • After recovering, he took command of the 390th Rifle Division, fighting in Crimea, which was destroyed in May 1942.
  • Babayan was seriously wounded in Crimea and evacuated.
  • In March 1943, he was given command of a rifle brigade, which was soon converted into the 76th Rifle Division, which he led during the Battle of Smolensk in the summer and early fall of 1943.
  • Babayan was seriously wounded a third time during the battle, and after recovering took command of the 338th Rifle Division in spring 1944.
  • He led the 338th in Operation Bagration and the Kaunas Offensive during the summer of 1944.
  • After graduating from courses at the Military Academy of the General Staff, Babayan took command of the a brigade in the 1st Mechanized Corps in January 1945, which he led in the Vistula–Oder Offensive, the East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin.
  • Babayan was killed in action during the Battle of Berlin and posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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