 Complete the following phrase:  Babayan was born on 15 August 1901 in the village of Zykhchi in Kars Oblast now in Turkey to an Armenian peasant family. He graduated from junior high school in 1916. In 1917, he volunteered for the Imperial Russian Army, fighting in the Caucasus Campaign against Turkish troops. After the collapse of the Imperial Army, he joined the army of the Armenian National Council, fighting in the 