Defense of Van (1915)

Van Resistance; Van Uprising/Van Ayaklanması; Van Resistance/Վանի Հերոսամարտ
	Part of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I
	; Armenian troops holding a defense line against Ottoman forces in the walled city of Van in May 1915.
Date	19 April – 17 May 1915
Location	Van, Ottoman Empire
Result	Russo-Armenian-Assyrian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Armenian fedayi; Russian Empire; Assyrian Volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Djevdet Bey; Halil Kut	Nikolai Yudenich; Pyotr Oganovsky; Aram Manukian; Armenak Yekarian; Vana Ishkhan
Strength
5,000	1,300–6,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown but heavy; 2,000 captured, 30 guns	Unknown
	55,000 Armenian civilians massacred

The Siege of Van, Resistance at Van, (Armenian: Վանի Հերոսամարտ Vani Herosamart, Turkish: Van Direnişi) or Van Rebellion, Van Revolt (Turkish: Van İsyanı), Armenian Revolution at Van (Turkish: Van İhtilâli^[8]^[9]) was a resistance during the World War I against Ottoman Empire.

Related pages

Armenian Genocide

Sources

↑ David Gaunt; Naures Atto; Soner O. Barthoma, eds. (2017). Let Them Not Return: Sayfo – The Genocide Against the Assyrian, Syriac, and. Berghahn Books. p. 6. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
↑ Gilbert, Sir Martin (2004). Winter, Jay (ed.). America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Cambridge University Press. p. 14. ISBN 1139450182.
↑ Hovannisian 1997, p. 251.
↑ Borisyuk 2024, p. 114.
↑ Oleynikov 2024, p. 426.
↑ Morgenthau 1918, p. 227.
↑ Balakian 2004, p. 207.
↑ The General Headquarters used this term in its ciphertext dated 8/9 May 1915, Ali İhsan Sâbis, Birinci Dünya Harbi, 2. cilt, Nehir Yayınları, ISBN 975-551-067-2, p. 434. (in Turkish)
↑ The debates of Meclis-i Vükelâ on 15–17 August 1915 were recorded with title of "Van İhtilali ve Katl-i Amı" (Van Revolution and Massacre) dated 1 Zilkade 1933/10 September 1915, Stanford J. Shaw, Ezel Kural Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8, p. 338.

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[1] David Gaunt; Naures Atto; Soner O. Barthoma, eds. (2017). Let Them Not Return: Sayfo – The Genocide Against the Assyrian, Syriac, and. Berghahn Books. p. 6. Retrieved 7 October 2025.

[2] Gilbert, Sir Martin (2004). Winter, Jay (ed.). America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Cambridge University Press. p. 14. ISBN 1139450182.

[FOOTNOTEHovannisian1997251-3] Hovannisian 1997, p. 251.

[FOOTNOTEBorisyuk2024114-4] Borisyuk 2024, p. 114.

[FOOTNOTEOleynikov2024426-5] Oleynikov 2024, p. 426.

[FOOTNOTEMorgenthau1918227-6] Morgenthau 1918, p. 227.

[FOOTNOTEBalakian2004207-7] Balakian 2004, p. 207.

[8] The General Headquarters used this term in its ciphertext dated 8/9 May 1915, Ali İhsan Sâbis, Birinci Dünya Harbi, 2. cilt, Nehir Yayınları, ISBN 975-551-067-2, p. 434. (in Turkish)

[9] The debates of Meclis-i Vükelâ on 15–17 August 1915 were recorded with title of "Van İhtilali ve Katl-i Amı" (Van Revolution and Massacre) dated 1 Zilkade 1933/10 September 1915, Stanford J. Shaw, Ezel Kural Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8, p. 338.

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