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  • The manufacture of ammunition – Defense of Van

    The manufacture of ammunition – Defense of Van

    The manufacture of ammunition during the Defense of Van. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The Defense of Van (1915) was an act of self-defense by the Armenians against the genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey, the Turkish population, the Kurdish people and the German Empire. The Ottoman army and its military elite were modernized and…

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  • The refugees of Musa Dagh

    The refugees of Musa Dagh

    The refugees of Musa Dagh (Musa Ler) in September 1915. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • The fighter of Sardarabad Stepan Khatchatrian

    The fighter of Sardarabad Stepan Khatchatrian

    The fighter of Sardarabad Stepan Khatchatrian. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The Battle of Sardarabad took place in Armenia from May 21–29, 1918. It prevented the complete annihilation of the Armenian nation.

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  • Vartan, commander of the Khanasor expedition

    Vartan, commander of the Khanasor expedition

    Vartan (Sarkis Mehrabian), commander of the Khanasor expedition (1897). Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • The fighter Stepan Topchian

    The fighter Stepan Topchian

    The fighter Stepan Topchian, hero of Sardarabad. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The Battle of Sardarabad took place in Armenia from May 21–29, 1918. It prevented the complete annihilation of the Armenian nation.

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  • Health detachment in Van

    Health detachment in Van

    Health detachment in Van. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Battle of Van

    Battle of Van

    Battle of Van. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. The Defense of Van (1915) was an act of self-defense by the Armenians against the genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey, the Turkish population, the Kurdish people and the German Empire. The Ottoman army and its military elite were modernized and trained by Germany under Colmar von…

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  • General Antranig and the heroic fighters

    General Antranig and the heroic fighters

    General Antranig and his officer corps in Etchmiadzin. Sitting on the ground from right to left : lieutenant M. Avedian, Doctor Rupen, Yeghishe Katchuni, Jamgotchian, Yervant (Antranig stepson). Sitting (1st rank) : Hadji Kevork, English general, Karekin Yebiscobos Hovsepian (Catholicos of Giligia), Zoravor Antranig (Ozanian), Tcheurekjian Kevork Yebiscobos (future Catholicos), English captain, Vartan Shahbaz. Armenian…

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  • General Nazarbekian – 1919

    General Nazarbekian – 1919

    General Nazarbekian and his military staff at the French mission to the Caucasus in 1919. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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  • Ghazaros Shovroyan in Zeytun

    Ghazaros Shovroyan in Zeytun

    Ghazaros Shovroyan, one of the four Ishkhan of Zeytun, one of the 3 heroes and leaders of the first 1862 Zeytun Resistance. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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