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The Battle of Sardarabad: Armenia's Last Stand for Independence
In May 1918, as the Ottoman army advanced on Yerevan, a ragtag Armenian force—mostly farmers and refugees—stood their ground at Sardarabad. Against overwhelming odds, they halted the Turkish offensive and secured a brief window of independence for the First Republic of Armenia. This episode follows the desperate weeks leading to the battle, the key commanders like Movses Silikyan and Daniel Bek-Pirumyan, and the political chaos as the Transcaucasian Federation collapsed. We explore how Armenian fedayeen fighters who had survived the genocide of 1915 fought with a ferocity born of necessity…
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