What is Gurgen Dalibaltayan?
'''Gurgen Dalibaltayan''' ({{Lang-hy|Գուրգեն Դալիբալթայան}}; 5 June 1926 &ndash; 1 September 2015) was an [[Armenia]]n military commander. He was the Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces during the [[Battle of Shusha|Battle]] of [[Shusha]] on 8&ndash;9 May 1992. The battle took place during the [[Nagorno-Karabakh War]]. Dalibaltayan was born in Bogdanovka, [[Javakheti]], [[Soviet Union|Georgian SSR]] (present-day [[Ninotsminda]], [[Samtskhe-Javakheti]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]). He was married to Shushanik Dalibaltayan (née Khachatryan). They have two children, a daughter Varduhi (b. 1952) and a son Varazdat (b. 1954). Dalibaltayan died on 1 September 2015 in [[Yerevan]], aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.am/arm/news/284042.html|title=Մահացել է նվիրյալ զինվորական. գեներալ-գնդապետ Գուրգեն Դալիբալթայանը|work=news.am|language=hy|date=1 September 2015|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalibaltayan, Gurgen}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Armenian generals]] [[Category:Soviet military people]] {{Bio-stub}}