Artsakh Freedom Fighters Union

The Artsakh Freedom Fighters Union (Armenian: Արցախի ազատամարտիկների միություն) is a military veterans organization of the Artsakh Defence Army. It serves as an organization that honours Soviet/Armenian veterans of war, whether they hail from Armenia or the Artsakh Republic. It was established on 23 February (the traditional Defender of the Fatherland Day holiday) in the year 2000. On Shushi Liberation Day in 2013, a newly erected building for the union was opened on Renaissance Square.[1] On 2 April 2016, an independent battalion was formed adjacent to the union building. It is community association, operating n 181 communities of the country. The union has a youth wing called Hayrenyats Pashtpan (Motherland Defender), which was established in April 2006. In 2007, personnel of the union took part in the Liberation Day military parade for the first time.[2] The main purpose is to render financial assistance to the families of dead soldiers and living veterans of the Second world War, the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes.[3]

Artsakh Freedom Fighters Union

Արցախի ազատամարտիկների միություն
Founded	23 February 2000
Headquarters	Stepanakert
Location	Artsakh (de facto)  Azerbaijan (de jure)
Key people	Major General Samvel Karapetyan (union president)
Affiliations	Artsakh Defence Army
Website	Official Website