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Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
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Ter-Tadevosyan in Shusha in 2012
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| Native name |
Արկադի Տեր-Թադևոսյան
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| Birth name | Artush Tadevosyan |
| Nickname(s) | Komandos (in Nagorno-Karabakh) Mountain Fox (in Afghanistan) |
| Born | 22 May 1939 Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia, Soviet Union |
| Died | 31 March 2021 (aged 81) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenia |
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 Soviet ArmyNagorno-Karabakh Defense Army  Armed Forces of Armenia |
| Rank | Major General (1992) |
| Commands held | Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Capture of Shusha |
Arkady Ivani Ter-Tadevosyan (Armenian: Արկադի Իվանի (Հովհաննեսի) Տեր-Թադևոսյան; Russian: Аркадий Иванович Тер-Тадевосян; May 22, 1939 – March 31, 2021) was an Armenian military leader of the Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. He is best known as the commander of the operation to capture the town of Shushi in May 1992.
He has the rank of major general in the Armenian Army. He attended a military academy in Saint Petersburg and served in the Soviet Army.
Yer-Tadevosyan died on March 31, 2021 in Yerevan at the age of 80.
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