Confessions of Hovannes Kachaznuni, the first Prime Minister of the
Armenian State founded in 1918... This report, dated 1923, is banned in
Armenia, and the copies in Western libraries are destroyed. A copy of
it in Russian was first discovered and published by historian Türkkaya Ataöv in 1985. Click here for the original document (in Russian, 7.38 mb)…
This
is another map is taken from British Foreign Archives. It shows the
total number of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and the overwhelming
majority of Muslims over Greeks and Armenians combined. As is seen
clearly, there was no Armenian majority in the land ante bellum, and
the total Armenian population was significantly less than the 1.5
million souls claimed to…
Apparently, the Ottomans were not very successful in "ethnically
cleansing" the Armenians. "unarmed and innocent" Armenians' actions
continued even after they were all massacred by the Ottoman army! The
Russian Commander of the 2nd Armenian-Russian Fortress Artillery
Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Tverdohlebov is one of the first hand
witnesses of the Armenian atrocities of 1917-1918. He writes:
"...More than…
This
British Foreign Archive map illustrates the agreements of 1916 between
Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy, regarding Asia Minor.
Armenians were promised a big slice of the Anatolian pie.
Boghos Nubar Pasha was the head of the Armenian Delegation to the Paris
Peace Conference in 1918. In his letter to the conference, he confesses
that "the Armenians were de facto belligerents". Click here for the original letter and its translation.
Click here to see the letter of Boghos Nubar to M. Gout from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated December 11, 1918.
The general is admitting that 6 to 700,000 souls have been relocated, of
which 390,000 have been accounted for in Allied held territories post
bellum. This effectively limits to 210,000 to 310,000, the…
This link
will take you to the gigantic work of the Turkish Military, "Armenian
Activities in the Archive Documents"; a total of 7 volumes, almost 5000
pages, English and Turkish. Includes original archival documents and
their transcriptions and translations.
Yet another source on the population figures, from German Embassy. Limits the number of the Armenians to less than 1/2 million.
Another document on the numbers. The source is the British Envoy and the Armenian Patriarchate.