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The Battle of Sardarabad: Armenia's Last Stand for Independence
In May 1918, as the Ottoman army advanced into the heart of the Caucasus, a desperate Armenian force made a final stand near the small town of Sardarabad. This episode of The Story of Armenia takes you to the crucial three-day battle that saved the Armenian nation from annihilation. We explore the unlikely coalition of regular soldiers, fedayi fighters, and ordinary villagers who held the line under the command of Movses Silikyan, a former Russian imperial officer. We discuss the Ottoman plan to crush Armenian resistance following the Bolshevik withdrawal from World War I, the role of the…
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