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Vazken fedayee (partisan) group in Van, 1896
Vazken fedayee (partisan) group in Van, 1896. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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Fedayee (partisan) Kevork Chavush
Fedayee (partisan) Kevork Chavush. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896).
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Fedayee (partisan) Sarkis Gugunian
Fedayee (partisan) Sarkis Gugunian (Gougounian) during his exile in Russia. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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Fedayee (partisan) Harutiun Agha
Fedayee (partisan) Harutiun Agha. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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Stepanos Mekhitarian
Stepanos Mekhitarian (1863 – 1893), nicknamed Arabo, was one of the first fedayeen. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Mush, Tseronque village Armenian church c. 1903
Mush, Tseronque village Armenian church c. 1903. The Tseronque (Tsronk) Armenian village church North East of Moush was the scene of fierce battles of resistance against Ottoman Turks and Kurdish Qizilbache tchété bands by Armenian fedayeen like Gévork Tchavoush, General Antranig and Sérope Aghpüre in 1904-1905. Vahé Achikian – Arménie de L’Ouest photo collection.
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Serope Aghpure Pasha’s Armenian Fedayee squad in Mush – 1899
Serope Aghpure Pasha’s Armenian Fedayee squad in Mush in 1899. Serophe Aghpure Pasha was one of the most valiant, self-sacrificing Armenian freedom fighters of all time and was fondly referred to as “The Guardian of the Armenians of Mush and Sassoun”; he was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation of Sassoun. This photo has…
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Fedayee (partisan) Peniamin Torossian – Yozgat
Fedayee (partisan) Peniamin Torossian from Yozgat. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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Fedayee Sose Mayrig
Fedayee Sose Mayrig dressed in military fatigues. Sose Mayrig (1868 – 1953, Alexandria Egypt) was the wife of Aghpur Serop Vartanian. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
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Fedayee (partisan) Haji Bey Papazian – Yozgat
Fedayee (partisan) Haji Bey Papazian from Yozgat. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection. Fedayeen were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.