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Drastamat Kanayan

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Armenian military officer (1883-1956)

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Drastamat Kanayan, better known as Dro (Դրո), was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He briefly served as Defence Minister of the First Republic of Armenia in 1920, during the country's brief independence.

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Staff of Armenian volunteers; Khetcho, Drastamat Kanayan, and Karekin Pastermadjian, 1914Staff of Armenian volunteers; Khetcho, Drastamat Kanayan, and Karekin Pastermadjian, 1914General Dro, third from the right, leading the second battalion in 1915General Dro, third from the right, leading the second battalion in 1915Kanayan on horsebackKanayan on horsebackSose Mayrig with Drastamat Kanayan in Egypt, 1947.Sose Mayrig with Drastamat Kanayan in Egypt, 1947.

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Drastamat Kanayan, better known as Dro (Դրո), was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He briefly served as Defence Minister of the First Republic of Armenia in 1920, during the country's brief independence. During World War II, he led the Armenian Legion, which consisted of Armenian POWs who opted to fight for Nazi Germany rather than face the brutal conditions of the Nazis' camps.

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Lived 1883 to 1956 · aged 72
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