Modern era · 1915
Defense of Van
The defense of Van (Armenian: Վանի հերոսամարտ, romanized: Vani herosamart) and in Russian Van operation (Russian: Ванская операция, romanized: Vanskaya operatsia) was the armed resistance of the Armenian population of Van and Russian army against the Ottoman Empire's attempts to massacre the Ottoman Armenian population of the Van Vilayet in the 1915 Armenian genocide.
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- When
- 19 Apr 1915 – 17 May 1915
- Where
- Van
- Era
- Modern
Topics
Before and after
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