Drastamat Kanayan
Armenian military officer
Died when: 71 years 282 days (861 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Drastamat Kanayan (Armenian: ????????? ????????; 31 May 1884 – 8 March 1956), better known as Dro (???), was an Armenian military commander and politician.He was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
He briefly served as Defence Minister of the First Republic of Armenia in 1920, during the country's brief independence.Dro, a short dark man, was considered to be the "power behind the throne" in Armenia.
During World War II, he led the Armenian Legion, which consisted of Armenian POWs who opted to fight for Nazi Germany rather than face the brutal conditions of the Nazis' camps.
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