Khetcho
Sign in to saveKhetcho (; 1872 – July 1915) was an Armenian activist and combatant. A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Khetcho led an active life in Armenian politic affairs. During his time as an activist, he participated in the Khanasor Expedition, an offensive by Armenian fedayees against the Kurdish Mazrik tribe on July 25, 1897. He was also a key supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. In 1915, during a skirmish between Turkish forces near Bitlis, he was killed in action.
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It sits within the topics 1872 births, 1915 deaths and Armenian expatriates in Iran.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Nakhchivan
- Place of death
- Bitlis
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Political party
- Armenian Revolutionary Federation
- Languages spoken
- Armenian
- Participant in
- Defense of Van
- Movement
- Armenian national movement
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Armenian fedayees
- Image
- Khetcho Commander of cavalry Armenian volunteer units.jpg
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- manner of death
- homicide
- cause of death
- major trauma
- Commons category
- Khetcho
- birth name
- Խաչատուր Ամիրեան
- date of birth
- 1872-01-01
- date of death
- 1915-07-01
- allegiance
- Armenian Revolutionary Federation
- nickname
- Խէչո
- place of burial
- Van
- ethnic group
- Armenians
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Khanasor Expedition
- Armeno-Tatar clashes
- Iranian Constitutional Revolution
- World War I
- Death
- References
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Khetcho (; 1872 – July 1915) was an Armenian activist and combatant. A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Khetcho led an active life in Armenian politic affairs. During his time as an activist, he participated in the Khanasor Expedition, an offensive by Armenian fedayees against the Kurdish Mazrik tribe on July 25, 1897. He was also a key supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. In 1915, during a skirmish between Turkish forces near Bitlis, he was killed in action.
==Early life== Khetcho was born Khachatur Amiryan in 1872 in Nakhichevan which was then part of the Russian Empire. His father was a local priest at the Armenian church. He studied in Shushi at the local Diocese School. Khetcho goes on to become a trainer of Armenian revolutionary fighters who were mainly stationed in the Caucasus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khetcho” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.