Poghos Bek-Pirumyan [SEP] place of birth
Poghos Bek-Pirumyan
Poghos Bek-Pirumyan (; 8 June 1856 – 19 January 1921) was an Armenian military commander. He served as a colonel for the Russian Empire in World War I and was a commander of the Battle of Sardarabad.
Biography.
Poghos Bek-Pirumyan was born on 8 June 1856 in Nakhichevanik village of the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire. He is the cousin of Daniel Bek-Pirumian. Poghos graduated from the high school in Shusha, then attended cadet school, and joined the
officers of the First Republic of Armenia were arrested by the Bolshevik authorities, and were forced to walk from Yerevan to Alaverdi by foot (about 160 kilometers). Some of them were killed on the road. In January 1921, many heroes of the Battle of Sardarabad were shot, including Daniel Bek-Pirumyan. Poghos Bek-Pirumyan committed suicide on 19 January 1921 after being tortured. These events soon led to the February Uprising.
Personal life.
Bek-Pirumyan married his wife Catherine in 1892, and they