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Armenian volunteer units during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War

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The term fedayee was originally used during the Armenian national movement of late 19th and early 20th centuries, but it was also used to refer to the Armenian irregular forces in the early 1990s when the dispute with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh was turning into the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Here is a list of the major Armenian volunteer detachments during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Name In Armenian Transcribed Number
(max. est.) 		Commander Notes
Armenian National Army Հայոց Ազգային Բանակ (ՀԱԲ) Hayots' Azgayin Banak (HAB) Razmik Vasilyan
Yerkrapah Volunteer Battalion[1] «Երկրապահ» կամավորական ջոկատ «Yerkrapah» kamavorakan jokat Vazgen Sargsyan Name means "'The country is safe' volunteer brigade"
Liberation Army Ազատագրական բանակ Azatagrakan banak 300 Leonid Azkaldian
Crusaders[2] «Խաչակիրներ» ջոկատ «Khachakirner» jokat Garo Kahkejian
The Deers «Եղնիկներ» ջոկատ «Yeghnikner» jokat 400 Shahen Meghrian
Shushi Independent Battalion «Շուշի» առանձնակի գումարտակ «Shushi» arandznaki gumartak Jirair Sefilian Formed from mostly Syrian and Lebanese Armenians. Most were members of the ARF.
Tigran the Great Տիգրան Մեծ Tigran Mets 400 Armenak Armenakyan name ref. Tigranes the Great
Davit of Sasun Battalion «Սասունցի Դավիթ» կամավորական ջոկատ «Sasunts'i Davit'» kamavorakan jokat 500 Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Dashnaktsakanner Դաշնակցականներ Dashnakts'akanner 200 Tatul Krpeyan Members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashanktsutyun).
Sasun «Սասուն» ջոկատ «Sasun» jokat 100 Sasun Mikaelyan The name is ref. Sason.
Ossetian Battalion Օսական ջոկատ Ōsakan jokat Mirza Abayev
Ashot the Iron Աշոտ Երկաթ Ashot Yerkat' 250 Karapet Jadoyan[3] name ref. Ashot II of Armenia
General Andranik Անդրանիկ Զորավար Andranik Zoravar 400 name ref Andranik
Revengers Վրիժառուներ Vrizharuner 200
Haydat Հայդատ Haydat 200
Mush Մուշ Mush 300 Name ref. Muş
Nork-Marash Նորք-Մարաշ Nork-Marash 200 name ref. Nork, Yerevan and Kahramanmaraş
Malatia-Sebastia Մալաթիա - Սեբաստիա Malat'ia - Sebastia 200 Vahan Zatikyan name ref; Malatia-Sebastia District
Arabo Արաբո Arabo 200 Simon Achikgyozyan
(followed by Manvel Yeghiazaryan) 		name ref. Arabo
Glorious Warriors Պարապած մարտիկներ Parapats martikner 300 H.G. Mkrtchyan
Detachment of Hrazdan Հրազդանյան ջոկատ Hrazdanyan jokat 200 Zarzand Danielian
Tseghakron Ցեղակրոն Ts'eghakron Hagop Khachatryan
Daredevils of Sassoun Սասնա ծռեր Sasna tsrer Samvel Gevorgyan name ref. Sason
Suicide Squad Մահապարտների ջոկատ Mahapartneri jokat 150 Alexander Tamanyan
Nart Նարտ Nart name ref. Nart saga?
Black Panther Սեվ հովազ Sev hovaz Ruben Egoyan
Cobra Կոբրա Kobra B. Agasaryan, N. Gulyan
Aknalich Ակնալիճ Aknalich name ref. Aknalich
Echmiadzin detachment name ref. Echmiadzin
Hadrut detachment name ref. Hadrut (town)
Sisian detachment name ref. Sis, Armenia
Kapan detachment name ref. Kapan
Martakert detachment Norayr Danielian name ref. Martakert
Nikol Duman Նիկոլ Դուման Nikol Duman Armen Martirosyan

References

  1. ^ Shale Asher Horowitz, From Ethnic Conflict To Stillborn Reform: The Former Soviet Union And Yugoslavia, 2005, p. 83
  2. ^ Bonner, Raymond. "Foreigners Fight Again in the Embattled Caucasus". New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. ^ (in Armenian) ԶԱԴՈՅԱՆ ԿԱՐԱՊԵՏ ՄԿՐՏՉԻ Archived 2016-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
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