legacy Dro settled with the large Armenian community in Beirut, where he lived for several years with the former prime minister of the First Republic of Armenia, Simon Vratsian. He returned to the United States several times for medical treatment. Dro died in Boston, Massachusetts while there for medical treatment on 8 March 1956 and was buried there. He was survived by his third wife Gayane (whom he married in Bucharest in 1935), their son Mardiros (Martin) and Dro's stepdaughter Olga. His remains were taken to Armenia for final burial in Aparan, on 28 May 2000, coinciding with the commemoration of the 82nd anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia. In 2001, the Ministry of Defence of Armenia established the Drastamat Kanayan medal, which is awarded to military personnel and civilians who excel in military instruction. In 2005, the government of Armenia founded the Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National Strategic Studies, which in 2016 became a part of the National Institute of Strategic Studies under the Ministry of Defence. A street in the Kanaker-Zeytun District of Yerevan is named after Dro. Gallery Sources Dimensions of Democracy and Authority in Caucasian Armenia, 1917-1920, Richard G. Hovannisian, Russian Review, Vol. 33, No. 1 (January 1974) References External links Gayane Kanayan, Wife of Armenian Hero General Dro, Honored by Defense Ministry 1956 deaths 1884 births People from Erivan Governorate People from Iğdır Armenian fedayi Armenian generals Armenian nationalists Armenian people of World War I Imperial Russian Army generals Russian military personnel of World War I People of the First Republic of Armenia Defence ministers of Armenia Armenian military personnel of the Turkish–Armenian War Armenian anti-communists Armenian collaborators with Nazi Germany Armenian people from the Russian Empire