Sarkis Martirosyan

Sarkis Sogomonovich Martirosyan (Armenian: Սարգիս Մարտիրոսյան, Russian: Саркис Согомонович Мартиросян; 21 September [O.S. 8 September] 1900 – 15 February 1984) was a Soviet–Armenian general-leytenant of the Red Army.

Martirosyan joined the Red Guards and fought in the Battle of Baku during the Russian Civil War. After fleeing to independent Armenia he was conscripted into that country's army, and joined the Red Army upon the Soviet invasion of Armenia. During the interwar period he rose to division chief of staff, before being imprisoned for almost a year during the Great Purge. After being freed and restored in the army Martirosyan became a division chief of staff, beginning World War II in that capacity. After distinguishing himself in the Battle of Kiev, he commanded the 340th Rifle Division in the Battle of Moscow, Battle of Voronezh, and the Soviet advance into Ukraine in early 1943. In mid-1943 he was promoted to command the 50th Rifle Corps, and in March 1944 transferred to command the 73rd Rifle Corps. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the 73rd Rifle Corps in the January 1945 Sandomierz–Silesian offensive. After the end of the war Martirosyan held corps command before ending his career as an assistant army commander.