He served as a colonel for the Russian Empire in World War I and was a commander of the Battle of Sardarabad.

Poghos Bek-Pirumyan was born on 8 June 1856 in Nakhichevanik village of the Shusha uezd of the Elizavetpol Governorate within the Russian Empire.

The Ottoman command, however, was able to recuperate from its losses and reorganized its forces near the mountain heights on the north-west bank of the Araks river.

Repeated attempts to cross the river were met with fierce resistance by the 5th Armenian Regiment.

The battle came to end on May 29, with a decisive Armenian victory[1] After Sovietization of Armenia in December 1920, about 1,000 officers of the First Republic of Armenia were arrested by the Bolshevik authorities, and were forced to walk from Yerevan to Alaverdi by foot (about 160 kilometers).