The Armenian Genocide

Armenia is a mountainous, landlocked country, on the southeastern edge of Europe and at the gateway to the Middle East and Asia.Armenia shares land borders with four countries: Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.The capital is Yerevan and is home to 2.977 million people. The nation symbol of Armenia is Mountain Ararat. Armenia is an ancient cultural heritage and is also home to the world’s oldest national church. Armenia was the first country to have adopted Christianity as its state religion.There are many types of sports played in Armenia just like America, they play football, volleyball, chess, boxing, basketball, hockey, wrestling and many more. Armenian music is a mix of indigenous folk music,as well as pop, and Christian music.

During 1915 and 1923, an estimated one and half million Armenians were killed. Before the genocide, there was an estimated two million people living in the Ottoman Empire. Many Armenians fled to the Russian border ,however the Young Turk took the war into Caucasus , where 1,800,000 Armenians lived under Russian dominion. The Armenians were erased from the entire landmass of Asia Minor and historic West Armenia by 1923. The destruction of the Armenians communities was

On that day the Turkish government arrested over two hundred Armenians community leaders in Constantinople. This was the day everything went downhill for the Armenians. Now this is a remember and day for the Armenians. It is considered a national holiday to remember the victims and their tragic deaths. In Yerevan, many Armenians walk the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial, a memorial complex on a hill of Tsitsernakaberd , where many lay fresh flowers out of respect for all the people who died during the genocide. A wide range of politicians, artists , musicians, athletes , and religious figures go pay respect to the