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Andranik Toros Ozanian, or Zoravar Andranik, (25 February – 31 August ) was an Armenianmilitarygeneral and freedom fighter. He was seen by Armenian people as a nationalhero.

Biography

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He was born in Şebinkarahisar, Ottoman Armenia (present-day Giresun Province, Turkey). After losing his wife and son at an early age, he joined the Armenian freedom movement in the Ottoman Empire, and participated in various political parties.

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Andranik participated in the Balkan Wars of , within the Bulgarian army, alongside general Garegin Njdeh as a commander of Armenian auxiliary troops of After his arrest and jailed; he spent some time in Istanbul. During World War I, he participated in the Caucasus Campaign and was appointed as general of the Armenian volunteer units of the Russian army.

He participated in 20 different offensives where he gained fame due to his courage and the tactics he came up with to defeat the opposing forces. He was the c