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Monte Melkonian Fund

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October 1992. Monte, center, with fellow fighters in the village of Mshkapat, in the Martuni District of Mountainous Karabagh. By this time, Monte had become one of six regional commanders of defense forces in Mountainous Karabagh. The officer in the tie to Monte's right is Colonel (later General) Hemayag Haroyan, a key figure in Mountainous Karabagh's defense planning. To Haroyan's right (second from the left in the photo) stands Abo Hairabedyan, one of Monte's most trusted officers in Martuni. |
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