Bagramyan Battalion

Bagramyan Battalion

The Bagramyan Battalion was a battalion formed in Abkhazia, Georgia and predominantly composed of ethnic Armenians living in Abkhazia that fought together with pro-independence Abkhaz forces during the War in Abkhazia (1992–1993). [http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3568 Bagramyan Battalion] MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base] Named in honour of the Soviet Armenian Marshal Hovhannes Bagramyan, the battalion's declared purpose was to protect ethnic Armenians living in the region from real or perceived excesses by the Georgian military. [http://www.agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=159 Abkhazia Armenians: Holding a home in an unstable territory] , AGBU, 1 November 2004]

On 10 May 1998, during hostilities leading to Six-Day War in Abkhazia (20-26 May 1998), there was a fire initiated on one of administrative buildings of the power grid in Mziuri. No one was injured in the attack. The Tbilisi-based "Prime-News" agency reported it was done by the members of the battalion. [ [http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=11674 Bagramyan Battalion attacked Utilities target (May 10, 1998, Georgia)] , Information Source "Tbilisi Prime-News"] According to the official Georgian reports, the battalion was dispatched by the de facto Abkhaz authorities to the predominantly Georgian-populated Gali district specifically for punitive operations. [Vakhtang Kholbaia, Raphiel Gelantia, David Latsuzbaia, Teimuraz Chakhrakia (trans. Nana Japaridze-Chkhoidze; 1999), [http://www.abkhazia-georgia.parliament.ge/Publications/Georgian/labyrinth_of_abkhazia.htm Labyrinth of Abkhazia] , page 34. The Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi.]

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