Yerkrapah | |
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Active | July 1993[1]—present |
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Role | Paramilitary |
Size | 5,000-30,000[2] |
Motto(s) | Defenders of the Land |
Engagements | First Nagorno-Karabakh War Four-Day War[3] Second Nagorno-Karabakh War[4] |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Sasun Mikayelyan |
Notable commanders | Vazgen Sargsyan Manvel Grigoryan |
Yerkrapah Volunteer Union (Armenian: «Երկրապահ» կամավորական միություն, ԵԿՄ «Yerkrapah» kamavorakan miut'yun, YeKM) or Yerkrapah Union of Veterans, meaning Defenders of the Land, is an Armenian non-governmental group that consisted of 6,000 veterans of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, formed by Vazgen Sargsyan.[5] The Yerkrapah is a large and influential veteran group.[6] The Yerkrapah Union was actively involved in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, although after the death of Sargsyan, Yerkrapah's influence in Armenian politics began to decline.[7] Yerkrapah had incorporated between 5,000 and 30,000 veterans.[2] According to Thomas de Waal, after 1994 "the veterans' group Yerkrapah became the most powerful organization in the country."[8]
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