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Drastamat Kanayan

1884 - 1956

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Drastamat Kanayan (Armenian: Դրաստամատ Կանայեան; 31 May 1884 – 8 March 1956), better known as Dro (Դրո), 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Drastamat Kanayan is the 7,119th most popular politician (down from 5,770th in 2019), the 625th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 533rd in 2019) and the 317th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Drastamat Kanayan ranks 7,119 out of 19,576. Before him are Álvaro Cunhal, Edmund Veesenmayer, David Trimble, Acrotatus II, Lusius Quietus, and Denis Thatcher. After him are Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Herod of Chalcis, Chadae of Goguryeo, Jonas Furrer, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, and Rechila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Drastamat Kanayan ranks 60. Before him are Wilhelm Backhaus, Félix Gouin, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Henri Cornet, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and Yasuji Okamura. After him are Corrado Gini, Georges Duhamel, Rómulo Gallegos, Georg Lindemann, Jean Paulhan, and Mikhail Borodin. Among people deceased in 1956, Drastamat Kanayan ranks 65. Before him are Thomas J. Watson, Mahmud Barzanji, Nikolaj Velimirović, Art Tatum, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, and Guido Cantelli. After him are Miklós Nyiszli, Jehanne D'Alcy, Felix Bernstein, Elmer Drew Merrill, Charles Joughin, and Gerrit Smith Miller.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Drastamat Kanayan ranks 625 out of 1,347. Before him are Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), Theodore Metochites (1270), Maathorneferure (-1250), Barlaam of Seminara (1290), Menander Protector (550), and Roman of Bulgaria (930). After him are Cüneyt Arkın (1937), Sultan Walad (1226), Şehzade Bayezid (1612), Ibn Kemal (1468), George Sphrantzes (1401), and Maria Palaiologina (1300).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Drastamat Kanayan ranks 317. Before him are Rusa II (-800), Ishpuini of Urartu (-900), Hugh III of Cyprus (1235), Theodore Metochites (1270), Maathorneferure (-1250), and Roman of Bulgaria (930). After him are Şehzade Bayezid (1612), Maria Palaiologina (1300), Mithridates II of Pontus (-300), Mesut Yılmaz (1947), Alexios II of Trebizond (1282), and Nikos Zachariadis (1903).

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