What the records say
- When
- 19 Apr 1915 – 17 May 1915
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 38.49° N, 43.38° E
- Description
- 1915 siege
- War
- World War I
Defense of Van (1915)
Armed resistance of the Armenian population of Van against the Armenian genocide
The defense of Van and in Russian Van operation 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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