Garo Kahkejian

Garo Kahkejian was a famed Armenian military commander and participant in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. He was the founder and commander of the «Խաչակիրներ» ("Crusaders") volunteer detachment, and was known by his nickname "The White Bear". Kahkedjian was one of the Armenians from the Diaspora who volunteered to go and fight in the Karabakh conflict. Kahkedjian was born in 1962 in Aleppo, Syria. He was educated in Germany and received a degree in architecture. In 1978 he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Frankfurt Engineering University. Afterwards, he lived in Fresno, California. After the devastating 1988 Spitak earthquake Kahkedjian arrived in Armenia for the first time, where he assisted the affected communities and...