# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/garo-kahkejian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:17:22.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/garo-kahkejian"
name: "Garo Kahkejian"
slug: "garo-kahkejian"
description: "Garo Kahkejian was a famed Armenian military commander and participant in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. He was the founder and commander of the Khachakirner (\"Crusaders\") volunteer detachment, and was also known by his nickname \"The White Bear\". Kahkedjian was the first Armenian from the diaspora who volunteered to go and fight in the Artsakh conflict."
tagline: "Armenian soldier (1962-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Garo_Kahkejian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1962-03-24"
deathDate: "1993-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.28
  momentum:             8.076923076923077
  historical:           8.541253333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karo_Kahkecyan"
    title: "Karo Kahkecyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_Kahkedschijan"
    title: "Garo Kahkedschijan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_Kahkejian"
    title: "Garo Kahkejian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کارو کاهکه‌جیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_Kahkejian"
    title: "Garo Kahkejian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8_%D5%94%D5%A1%D5%B0%D6%84%D5%A5%D5%BB%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Կարո Քահքեջյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%85_%D5%94%D5%A1%D5%B0%D6%84%D5%A7%D5%B3%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Կարօ Քահքէճեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Кахкеджян, Каро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Кахкеджян Каро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4217773"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump