Marshal bagramyan biography for kids

Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan, also known as Hovhannes Khachaturi Baghramyan, was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union of Armenian origin. During World War II, Bagramyan was the second non-Slavic military officer, after Latvian Max Reyter, to become a commander of a Front. He was among several Armenians in the Soviet Army who held the highest proportion of high-ranking officers in the Soviet military during the war.
Bagramyan's experience in military planning as a chief of staff allowed him to distinguish himself as a capable commander in the early stages of the Soviet counter-offensives against Nazi Germany. He was given his first command of a unit in , and in November received his most prestigious command as the commander of the 1st Baltic Front. As commander of the Baltic Front, he participated in the offensives which pushed German forces out of the Baltic republics.
He did not immediately join the Communist Party after the consolidation of the October Revolution, becoming a member only in , a move atypical for a Soviet military officer.

It was during this period that Bagramyan received a letter from the United States. A woman with the same last name as his, Anahit Bagramyan from New York, but originally from Van, was looking for her brother Hovhannes, who joined the Czarist Army in  However, General Bagramyan was not from Van. He was born in Chardakhlu, a village situated in Northern Karabakh. The general’s daughter suggested that he confirm that he was that woman’s lost brother in order to make her happy and not disappoint her. However, according to writer Hrachya Kochar’s story, “The General’s Sister,” Bagramyan declined her proposal, saying that he couldn’t lie to her.

Instead, the general wrote back to Anahit as follows: “My dear sister, I was not born in Turkish Armenia, but in the Caucasus, and up until now never had a sister Anahit. But from now on you can consider me your brother. It was not the same mother that gave us birth, but it was the same nation that did it. We do carry common sentiments and feelings. Now I know that I have a sister overseas and I am in debt to her. Your brother Hovhannes.”

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