 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Babayan akaberekwa musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu 1901 mumusha weZykhchi muKars Oblast zvino muTurkey kumhuri yevarimi veArmenian. Akapedza chikoro chesekondari muna 1916. Muna 1917, akazvipira kupinda muuto reRussia, achirwisana nemauto eTurkey muCaucasus Campaign. Mushure mekuparara kweImperial Army, akabatana neuto reArmenian National Council, achirwa muhondo yeSardarabad mukupera kwaMay 1918, panguva iyo kurwiswa kweOttoman kweArmenia kwakadzoserwa. Mushure meSardarabad, First Republic of Armenia yakaziviswa uye Babayan akabatana neuto idzva renyika, achishanda ne2nd Rifle Regiment kuVagharshapat. Muna May 1920 akasiya basa ndokudzokera kumusha kwake. Mushure mekupinda kweSoviet muArmenia munaNovember 29, Babayan akabatana neRed Armys Voronovich Special Detachment mumusha weKanaker, akazoshanda semurume weRed Army ne4th Lori Armenian Rifle Regiment. Neboka racho, iro rakava chikamu che20th Rifle Division ye11th Army, akarwa muhondo paCaucasian Front, mukuparadzwa kweyeDemocratic Republic yeGeorgia, uye kudzvinyirirwa kwechimurenga cheDashnak muArmenia. 