Yuri Khatchaturov

Yuri Khachaturov
Յուրի Խաչատուրով
Chief of the General Staff of Armenia
In office
15 April 2008 – present
President Serzh Sargsyan
Preceded by Seyran Ohanyan
Personal details
Born (1952-05-01) 1 May 1952
Tetritskaro, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Awards see below
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union Soviet Union
Armenia Armenia
Service/branch Soviet Army
Armed Forces of Armenia
Years of service 1972—present
Rank Colonel-General
Battles/wars Soviet-Afghan War
Nagorno-Karabakh War

Yuri Khachaturov (Armenian: Յուրի Խաչատուրով; born 1 May 1952) is the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia.[1]

Early life

Khachaturov was born in Tetritskaro, Georgian SSR on 1 May 1952. After graduating from the Secondary School Tetritskaro in 1969, he entered the Tbilisi Artillery Command of the Red Banner School, where he graduated from with honors in 1974. After graduation, Khachaturov was appointed commander of the platoon firing artillery regiment of infantry divisions of the Far Eastern Military District. He served as a battery commander, chief of staff, deputy commander of an artillery battalion commander of the anti-tank artillery battalion in the Far Eastern Military District from 1976 to 1982.

Military service

Soviet Army

From 1982 to 1985, he studied at the Kalinin Artillery Military Academy in Leningrad. Afterward he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Missile Forces and Artillery Tank Division of the Belarusian Military District. Khachaturov served as Chief of Staff of the Missile Forces and Artillery 5 Guards Motorized Rifle Division 40th Army in Afghanistan from 1987 to February 1989. For his service in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, he was honored with an Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, two Soviet Orders of Red Star, and the Afghan Order of Star (2nd degree).

Armenian Army

After serving in Afghanistan, Khachaturov was appointed commander of a separate tank army artillery brigade of the Belarusian Military District in October 1989. After the Fall of the Soviet Union, a special decree of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus for Khachaturov's services had been seconded to the Ministry of Defence of Armenia and he was appointed commander of the Armenian 2nd infantry regiment in April 1992. He took part in the hostilities of the Nagorno-Karabakh War and was actively involved in the protection of the state border.

In September 1992, Khachaturov became Chief of the Border Troops and the Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia. He was one of the initiators of the formation of the Goris infantry regiment, Tavush Motorised Brigade, and the first and fourth army corps, units and formations. Khachaturov also held the post of commander of the operational areas and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.

In 1995, by decree of the President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Khachaturov awarded the rank of Major General. He was ranked Lieutenant General in 2000 and Colonel General 15 April 2008. On 21 March 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defence of Armenia. Khachaturov has been the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia as of 15 April 2008.

On 1 May 2012, the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Bako Sahakyan awarded Khachaturov the Mesrop Mashtots Medal.[2]

Personal life

He is married and has three sons.

Awards

Armenia
Soviet Union
Foreign

References

  1. ↑ "Yuri Khachaturov - Mil.am". Retrieved 8 May 2012. (Armenian)
  2. ↑ Colonel-general Yuri Khachaturov awarded with "Mesrop Mashtots" order, Armenpress
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