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Karen Jalavyan

Karen Jalavyan
Native name
Կարեն Ջալավյան
Nickname(s)Քյոխ (Kyokh)
Born (1971-01-25) 25 January 1971 (age 53)
Allegiance Armenia
 Artsakh
Service / branchRepublic of Artsakh Artsakh Defence Army
RankColonel[1]
CommandsYeghnikner military unit[1]
Battles / warsSecond Nagorno-Karabakh War
AwardsHero of Artsakh[2]
2nd Degree Medal "For The Services Provided to the Motherland" [hy][3]
Order of the Combat Cross of the First Degree [hy][4]

Karen Aghasi Jalavyan (Armenian: Կարեն Աղասու Ջալավյան; born 25 January 1971), also known by his nom de guerre Kyokh (Armenian: Քյոխ), is an Armenian military officer, colonel of the Artsakh Defence Army, commander of the Yeghnikner military unit and recipient of the award Hero of Artsakh.[1][2]

Awards

On 21 January 2015, Karen Jalavyan was awarded the 2nd Degree Medal "For Services Provided to the Motherland" [hy] by President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.[3]

A year later, on 21 September 2016, Jalavyan received another award, the Order of the Combat Cross of the First Degree [hy].[4]

During the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, Jalavyan commanded the Yeghnikner military unit, which was stationed in the north of the Republic of Artsakh near the village of Tonashen. On 2 October 2020, Jalavyan received the highest title of Artsakh, Hero of Artsakh, from the president of the republic Arayik Harutyunyan.[1][5] According to Harutyunyan, Jalavyan's detachment managed to "occupy several strategic heights and inflict heavy casualties on the Azerbaijani forces".[6]

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