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Gəncə yarım könüllü batalyonu
Active1992-???
Country Azerbaijan
AllegianceArmed Forces of Azerbaijan
Branch Azerbaijani Land Forces
TypeInfantry
Size200 over the course of the war
EngagementsFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War
Commanders
CommanderMehman Alakbarov
Military unit

The Ganja Volunteer Battalion (Azerbaijani: Gəncə yarım könüllü batalyonu) was a battalion of volunteers made up of active and reserve Azerbaijani military personnel sent to the Nagorno-Karabakh region as part of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan force fighting in the first Nagorno-Karabakh War. The battalion is best known for liberation of Askeran province and elimination of Armenian Arabo Unit on June 29, 1992, in Ağdərə.

See also

References

  1. Huseynov, Rizvan. Июнь 1992 года. Попавшие в окружение армянские бандиты и иностранные наемники (in Russian). 1news.az. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. Hüseynov Şahlar İsa oğlu (in Azerbaijani)


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