Movses Silikyan

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Here is another short bio. of real hero I have got from wiki.

 

Movses Silikyan (Armenian: Մովսես Սիլիկյան, Russian: Мовсес Силиков, Movses Silikov) (1862 - 1937) was a famed Armenian general and national hero, Major General in the Russian army and subsequently in the Armenian army.

 

Silikyan graduated from the Moscow Military Gymnasium, Alexandrople Military School and the officer rifle school. From 1884 he served in the Russian Army, being promoted from battalion adjutant to division commander. On the eve of the First World War he was the deputy commander of the forces stationed in Yerevan participating in the Caucasian Front.

 

World War I

 

Commanding a regiment with forces in Van, Colonel Silikyan took part in the taking of Mush, Bitlis, and the assault on Erzerum, after taking of which he became a Commandant. For his combat merits he was rewarded with many orders, including the Order of St. George and was promoted to Major General.

 

After the Russian Revolution of 1917 and subsequent withdrawal of Russian troops, Silikyan left the Russian army, in January 1918 he became the commander of the 1st Armenian rifle division. Within a short period Silikyan created combat-effective regular units and prepared them for the repulsion of Ottoman Empire and was in effective control of the forces in Yerevan. Later that year with the declaration of the new state, his forces united under the Democratic Republic of Armenia.

 

Democratic Republic of Armenia

 

In May 1918, Army of Islam attacking Aleksandropol, began moving towards Yerevan, Silikyan was in general command of regular troops and militia. In the Battle of Sardarapat and the Battle of Bash Abaran the Ottoman Empire were defeated under his command. Future Marshal of the Soviet Union Hovhannes (Ivan) Baghramian who participated in the Battle of Sardarapat noted that Silikyan was the "most gifted military leader of all Armenian Generals of that time...".

 

After WWI

 

In Autumn of 1920 Silikyan commanded Armenian troops in the Kars-Aleksandropol Front. After the Bolshevik takeover of Armenia, Silikyan worked in a number of Soviet establishments. He was arrested and imprisoned during the purges by Stalin in 1937 on charges of nationalism; and rehabilitated posthumously during the Kruschev era.

 

I am wondering where in Yereven he used to live and where is his grave. So that next time I visit Yerevan I will take some flowers to his grave.

Edited November 7, 2006 by Error 404

[Yervant1]

Are you sure he's not Sean Connery?

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Are you sure he's not Sean Connery?

 

Sean Connery is nothing compared to him.

 

Too much movies huh?

[MosJan]

it's the first time that i have ever learned about him

surly someone that we Armenians can be proud of !!!

 

" He was arrested and imprisoned during the purges by Stalin in 1937 on charges of nationalism; and rehabilitated posthumously during the Kruschev era "

 

so many have found the same fate in USSR - but the part that's hurting the most is that many all of them war "sold" to KGB by our own

Like Njdeh / Sevak / Charents / and countless others

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it's the first time that i have ever learned about him

surly someone that we Armenians can be proud of !!!

 

" He was arrested and imprisoned during the purges by Stalin in 1937 on charges of nationalism; and rehabilitated posthumously during the Kruschev era "

 

so many have found the same fate in USSR - but the part that's hurting the most is that many all of them war "sold" to KGB by our own

Like Njdeh / Sevak / Charents / and countless others

 

That part bothers me too. It is really sad that those guys fought enemy and survived in the battlefield but then they were executed in a piece time when they supposed to be praised as living legends and heroes.

 

Hayk Bzhshkyanc (Gai) had the same fate. Despite the fact that he was a komissar.

 

Beryai mer@...

[MosJan]

Mer tanits el yes & T@ghes

[aghzar]

A fact few people know about Silikian was that he was not in fact an Armenian per se but rather an "Udi." This small tribe of people is the descendant of the ancient Albanians of the Caucasus, whose country is now modern Azerbaijan. The Albanians were always part of the Armenian Church and had their own Catholicos who was under the Armenian Catholicos, however the Russians eventually did away with this because there weren't enough people left to justify a seperate hierarchy. Anyways, Silikian was actually an Udi, from a village in Azerbaijan i think, and although he commanded the Armenian troops, he couldn't speak to them in Armenian (i assume he spoke in Russian).

 

Sadly, now that there is so much anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan, the few Udis left are repudiating all their past connections to the Armenians. You can find the story on the internet if you search.

 

I know Silikian was an Udi from a book i have about the Battle of Sardarabad.

I can look up the details if you don't believe me.

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A fact few people know about Silikian was that he was not in fact an Armenian per se but rather an "Udi." This small tribe of people is the descendant of the ancient Albanians of the Caucasus, whose country is now modern Azerbaijan. The Albanians were always part of the Armenian Church and had their own Catholicos who was under the Armenian Catholicos, however the Russians eventually did away with this because there weren't enough people left to justify a seperate hierarchy. Anyways, Silikian was actually an Udi, from a village in Azerbaijan i think, and although he commanded the Armenian troops, he couldn't speak to them in Armenian (i assume he spoke in Russian).

 

Sadly, now that there is so much anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan, the few Udis left are repudiating all their past connections to the Armenians. You can find the story on the internet if you search.

 

I know Silikian was an Udi from a book i have about the Battle of Sardarabad.

I can look up the details if you don't believe me.

 

Although I respect real caucasian albanians (Aghvans) and consider them our historical brother nation and won't mind Movses Silikian to be a Caucasian Albanian at all, I would like to verify the information you posted here. Please give us the source or ISBN number of the book you read.

 

Thanks!