Russian dispatches: it was GenocideRussia’s ambassador to Turkey Mikhail Girs, like American ambassador Henry Morgenthau, also sent dispatches to report about the atrocities. Russian archives contain documents on the WWI. There are many among them referring directly to the Armenian Genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. Thousands of dispatches, evidences of witnesses and recollections of survivors testify that the atrocities committed against the Armenian nation were tantamount to Genocide. April 22, 2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Message of the Petrograd Telegraph Agency dated May 13, 1915 says: “Over the past months, Armenians are being slaughtered by Kurds and Turks, with the obvious connivance of the Ottoman government. Armenians were massacred in Erzrum, Dergan, Egin, Bitlis, Mush, Sasun, Zeytun and throughout Cilicia. Residents of hundreds of villages near Van were killed. In Constantinople, Armenian intellectuals are arrested. Seeing these terrible cries, allied governments of Russia, France and Britain say that they shoulder the responsibility on the Turkish rulers and their representatives.” The telegram sent by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Sazonov to ambassadors in Paris and London says: “The Ministry received new reports on anarchy in Asian Turkey and massacres of Armenians by Turks and Kurds. Let me propose the French and British government to issue a joint appeal, which would lay the responsibility of Armenians on the members of the Turkish Cabinet and all those civil and military officials involved. The appeal could remind of the repressive measures taken by Europe in 1860 after the massacre in Syria. In case of consent from British and French governments, the text of the appeal should be drawn.” Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Mikhail Girs, like American ambassador Henry Morgenthau, also sent dispatches to report about the atrocities. On 1916, funds were raised in Russia to assist Armenians, who survived the Genocide and crossed the Russian border. According to the official date 373,5 thousand refugees had found shelter in the Caucasus by the end of 1916. Numerous committees were formed to aid Armenians. Most popular in the section How collection of horned creatures turned into museum New York’s first female crime boss World’s largest boneyard An Italian photojournalist’s journey through the pandemic More articles in this section Quarantine in metropoles Drone footage reveals deserted streets Town without newborns and dead Four months without sun Nine months in the Pacific Supporting women to overcome life changing events | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |