Monte Melkonian A Commander During The Karabakh War A National Hero of Armenia &

#Nagorno-Karabakh Monte Melkonian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Monte Melkonian (in Armenian: in TAO Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան, in RAO Մոնթե Մելքոնյան; sometimes simply referred to by just his first name Monte; November 25, 1957 -- June 12, 1993) was a famed Armenian commander during Nagorno-Karabakh war. Melkonian had no prior service record in any country’s army before being placed in command of an estimated 4,000 men in the war. He had largely built his milit