LEGEND OF THE SPECIAL REGIMENT

September 20 marks the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Special regiment – the first military unit of independent Armenia.

In the 1990s there was a very serious situation in Armenia and Artsakh. Everywhere spontaneously volunteer corps were created, but their individual actions were not very effective. Young authorities decided to unite all these groups as part of a military unit, under one command. About 30 platoons were merged, Colonel Sergey Arakelyan was appointed commander. With some difficulty, but the authorities managed to obtain weapons and ammunition. In resolving these important questions a lot of work was done by the then Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Grigor Grigoryan.

On September 20, 1990 in the Republican Assembly Point the first oath was held, which was attended by the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Prime Minister Vazgen Manukyan, Vazgen Sargsyan.

ARAM NERSISYAN