Andranik’s first battalion, 1914

Andranik’s first battalion in Western Armenia, 1914. The photograph shows a long column of foot soldiers and horsemen moving along a winding road on a bare mountainside.

Andranik Toros Ozanyan was one of the leaders of the Armenian national liberation movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a national hero of the Armenian people. He is also known as Zoravar (Commander) Andranik, General Andranik and Andranik Pasha. On 23 January 1918 he received the rank of major general.