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Fedayeen from Akhlat
Fedayeen from Akhlat. In the middle: Aram Manoukian (2) and Ishkhan (3). 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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Fedayeen from the Chorokh valley – 1907
Fedayeen from the Chorokh valley – 1907. 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) Vartan Shahbar
Fedayee (partisan) Vartan Shahbar. 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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Sarkis Gougounian
Sarkis Gougounian (1864-1913) was an Armenian fedayee. 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 Keri
Fedayee Keri. 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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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 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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Armenian volunteers from the United States
Armenian volunteers from the United States. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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Armenian volunteers leaving for Van
Armenian volunteers leaving for Van from Etchmiadzin. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.
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The Catholicos blessing the volunteers, 1919
His Holiness the Catholicos blessing the volunteers in 1919. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.