Soldiers preparing to receive General Gouraud, in Mersin, Cilicia, Syria (Now in Turkey), A 19 927 – 10 December 1919
Autochrome picture of French Senegalese soldiers standing to attention under an Armenian flag, in Cilicia, Turkey. Probably taken during the short-lived Armenian Autonomous Zone when the Allies were trying to set up a home for refugees and survivors of the Armenian Genocide
Sevak Avanesyan plays Komitas’s piece “Կռունկ / The Crane” (dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915) in the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shusha, after it was hit multiple times by Azerbaijani rockets.
An Armenian militiaman, or fedayi. The Ottoman Empire killed over one million people during the Armenian genocide, massacring men and sending women and children to starve in the desert. However many Armenians also took up arms and fought back against Ottoman persecution, such as this militiaman or the 150,000 Armenians who volunteered with the Russian army.
An Armenian militiaman, or fedayi. The Ottoman Empire killed over one million people during the Armenian genocide, massacring men and sending women and children to starve in the desert. However many Armenians also took up arms and fought back against Ottoman persecution, such as this militiaman or the 150,000 Armenians who volunteered with the Russian army.
