People in Rostov-on-Don paid respect to victims of Assyrian Genocide in Turkey
On August 7, Staro-Pokrovskiy Temple in Rostov-on-Don hosted a public liturgy to commemorate the 1.5 million victims of 1914-1923 Assyrian Genocide in Ottoman Empire.
Saving their skins from Turkish yataghans, Assyrians settled on the territory of Russian Empire, mostly - in Armenia and Georgia. After the collapse of USSR, many Assyrian families moved to Russia from Transcaucasus. Most of them settled in Rostov region which currently has an Assyrian population of 15 thousand, united in a regional national-cultural autonomy, "Yerkramas" newspaper reports.
Saving their skins from Turkish yataghans, Assyrians settled on the territory of Russian Empire, mostly - in Armenia and Georgia. After the collapse of USSR, many Assyrian families moved to Russia from Transcaucasus. Most of them settled in Rostov region which currently has an Assyrian population of 15 thousand, united in a regional national-cultural autonomy, "Yerkramas" newspaper reports.
