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Armenia's First Republic: The Battle of Sardarabad and National Survival
In May 1918, as the Ottoman army advanced on Yerevan, a ragtag Armenian force of barely 10,000 men—mostly civilians, deserters, and priests—stood between the nascent Republic and annihilation. This episode tells the story of the Battle of Sardarabad, the desperate three-day fight that saved Armenian statehood. We follow commander Movses Silikyan's tactical gambit, the role of Catholicos George V who blessed the troops from Etchmiadzin, and the critical arrival of reinforcements from the vanished Russian front. We also explore the bitter aftermath: how the Treaty of Batum forced Armenia…
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