The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Directed by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress, it was carried out primarily through the mass killing of around one million Armenians during death marches to the Syrian desert, along with the forced Islamization of others, primarily women and children.
Facts
LocationOttoman Empire (territory of modern-day Turkey) 1 Disputed
Death Toll, Low EstimateWikipedia's infobox gives a wider range of 600,000 to 1.5 million; this row uses the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum figure. Connections
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Sources
1. Armenia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Armenia
Between spring 1915 and autumn 1916, the Ottoman Empire arrested, deported, conducted mass killings, and created conditions intended to cause widespread death among the country's Armenian Christian citizens, most of whom were living in the territory of modern-day Turkey.
Armenia [death-toll-min]
Between 664,000 and 1.2 million Armenian men, women, and children died in the genocide.
Armenia [death-toll-max]
Between 664,000 and 1.2 million Armenian men, women, and children died in the genocide.
Armenian Genocide: Event Type
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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Onset
During the night of 23-24 April 1915 hundreds of Armenian political activists, intellectuals, and community leaders were rounded up in Constantinople and across the empire.
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, dates
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the
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