The area of Russian occupation as of September 1917 and administrative-territorial division of the regions of Turkey occupied by Russian troops during the First World War in 1916-1917. Some Western-Armenian regions (Berdaghrak\Yusufeli, Sper\Ispir, Tortum, Gaylget\Kelkit, Baberd\Bayburt and other) were included by Russians into Trebizon (Pontic) territorial division.
Status
Military occupation
Capital
Van (de facto)
Common languages
Armenian Turkish Kurdish
Religion
Armenian Apostolic Islam
Governor
• Apr 1915 – Dec 1917
Aram Manukian
• Dec 1917 – Mar 1918
Tovmas Nazarbekian
• Mar 1918 – Apr 1918
Andranik Ozanian
Historical era
World War I
• Siege of Van
April–May 1915
• Russian Revolution
8 March – 8 November 1917
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
3 March 1918
• Turkish recapture Erzurum
12 March 1918
• Turks recapture Van
6 April 1918
• Dissolved
April 1918
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
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The occupation of Western Armenia by the Russian Empire during World War I began in 1915 and was formally ended by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. It was sometimes referred to as the Republic of Van[1][2][3] by Armenians. Aram Manukian of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation was the de facto head until July 1915.[4] It was briefly referred to as "Free Vaspurakan".[5] After a setback beginning in August 1915, it was re-established in June 1916. The region was allocated to Russia by the Allies in April 1916 under the Sazonov–Paléologue Agreement.
From December 1917, it was under Transcaucasian Commissariat, with Hakob Zavriev as the Commissar, and during the early stages of the establishment of First Republic of Armenia, it was included with other Armenian National Councils in a briefly unified Armenia.
This provisional government relied on Armenian volunteer units, forming an administrative structure after the siege of Van around April 1915. Dominant representation was from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Aram Manukian, or "Aram of Van," was the administration's most famous governor.
^Herrera, Hayden (2005). Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work. Macmillan. p. 78. ISBN 9781466817081.
^Aya, Şükrü Server (2008). The genocide of truth. Eminönü, Istanbul: Istanbul Commerce University Publications. p. 296. ISBN 9789756516249.
^Onnig Mukhitarian, Haig Gossoian (1980). The Defense of Van, Parts 1-2. Central Executive General Society of Vasbouragan. p. 125.
^The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times: Foreign Dominion to Statehood, edited by Richard G. Hovannisian.
^Robert-Jan Dwork Holocaust: A History by Deborah and van Pelt, p 38
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