Tag : Armenian Heroic Self-Defense Battles

Hasmig DerSarkissian/Mekjian

I think my Father MINAS DERSARKISSIAN Is one of them in this picture. He use to tell us about this day and that he was trained by Germany. and went to war as Armenian FEDAYI and became Executive Committee of Armenian Ex-Officer in the 1920.. Wow this picture gives me the goosepumps. Thank you so ...
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Vahe Achikian

CORRECTION: The above photo is of Huntchaq camarade Meléh, a comrade of Baron Aghassi (Garabeth Tour-Sarkissian) who was one of the 6 Huntchaqian operatives that organised and participated in the Grand Uprising of Zeitoun, 1895-1896. Meléh was martyred in Jan 1896 in a raid on the turkish ...
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Vahé Achikian

Sarkis Gougounian was one of the heroes of the “Khanasor Arshavank” or The Khanasor invasion that took place in the 1890’s against the Mazrik tribe of Kurds who had massacred scores of local Armenians in the Tarone-Tourouperan province.
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Vahé Achikian

Identification of the above Social Democrate Hunchakian comrades in Zeytoun 1895-1896:L to R: Garabed Aghassi, Garabed Hrachia, Abah, Meléh. This photo is from winter of 1896, when these four Huntchakyan freedom fighters organised the heroic 1895-1896 defence of Zeytoun against the 20,000 ...
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Vahe Achikian

The photo is of the Great Defender of Dalvorik valley Armenians around Mush, Serop Aghpouïre Pasha: he was the son of a noble well-to-do family, but because of his patriotic & idealistic conviction, he chose to take up arms to defend Mush Armenians from the wild Hamidiye Kurds and Turks who ...
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