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Drastamat Kanayan

General Drastamat Kanayan (May 31, 1884 – March 8, 1956) was an Armenian politician, revolutionary, and general. He was the commander of the Armenian Legion of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany and part of Armenian national liberation movement.

Drastamat Kanayan was born in Iğdır, Surmalu, Russian Empire (present-day Turkey) in 1884.


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  • General Kanayan second battalion 1915

    General Dro, third from the right, leading the second battalion in 1915

  • Staff of armenian volunteers 1914

    Staff of Armenian volunteers; Khetcho, Drastamat Kanayan, and Karekin Pastermadjian, 1914

  • Dro grave

    Dro's mausoleum in Aparan, Armenia

  • Drastamat Kanayan mausoleum

    Dro's mausoleum at night

  • General Dro's (Drastamat Kanayan's) grave in Watertown, MA

    Dro's grave in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts (pre-reinterment in Armenia)

  • Դրոյի Կիսանդրին Գյումրիում 01

    Dro's bust in Gyumri

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