April 24 symbolizes one of the tragic pages of the Armenian nation’s history – the Armenian Genocide – which claimed the lives of about 1.5 million Armenians in the years of World War I.
Every year on this day hundreds and thousands of Armenians from different parts of the country, as well as the Diaspora, visit Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan’s Tsitsernakaberd Park to pay respect the innocent martyrs of the big tragedy.
This year marks the 97th anniversary of the heinous massacres.
The Armenian Genocide was implemented through wholesale massacres and deportations, with many forced to march under conditions designed to lead to their death. Other ethnic groups, including Assyrians and Greeks, were similarly attacked by the Ottoman Empire during this period, and some scholars consider those events to be part of the same policy of extermination.
Armenian News
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