Unit Name: | Gəncə yarım könüllü batalyonu |
Dates: | 1992-??? |
Country: | Azerbaijan |
Allegiance: | Armed Forces of Azerbaijan |
Type: | Infantry |
Size: | 200 over the course of the war |
Battles: | First Nagorno-Karabakh War |
Commander1: | Mehman Alakbarov |
Commander1 Label: | Commander |
The Ganja Volunteer Battalion (Azerbaijani: Gəncə yarım könüllü batalyonu) was a battalion of volunteers made up of active and reserve Azerbaijani military personnel sent to the Nagorno-Karabakh region as part of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan force fighting in the first Nagorno-Karabakh War. The battalion is best known for liberation of Askeran province and elimination of Armenian Arabo Unit on June 29, 1992, in Ağdərə.[1] [2]