- Summary
- This book recounts Sebastatsi Murad's (Murad of Sebastia) journey when he escaped arrest in 1915 until he reached the Russian port of Batum in the same year. With this escape, he became an eyewitness to the deportations of the Armenians for his home province of Sebastia (Sivas) and its neighboring areas and the massacres and outrages that took place on the roads to exile. Having found refuge in the mountains, Murad and his comrades, became convinced that the only way out of the Turkish hell and in order to continue the struggle it is necessary to go to the Caucasus and join the Armenian volunteer fighting units there. The book presents also the selfless help provided by the Pontic Greeks in their home settlements, where they had become eyewitnesses to the Armenian Genocide. The book is intended for a wide range of readers.
- Uniform Title
- Murati chambordutʻiwně Svazēn Patʻum. English.
Մուրատի ճամբորդութիւնը Սվազէն Պաթում. English.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Esayean, Zapēl, 1878-1943, author.
Եսայեան՝ Զապէլ, 1878֊1943, author.
- Published
- Yerevan : AGMI Publishing House, 2022
- Locale
- Armenia
Arménie
- Contents
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Translator's note
Acknowledgements
The hero in the whirlpool of genocide : the bloody odyssey of Sebastatsi Murad
From Sivas to Batum
Biography : Zabel Yesayan
Biography : Murad of Sebastia
- Other Authors/Editors
- Melkonian, Ara Stepan, translator.
Hayotsʻ Tsʻeghaspanutʻyan Tʻangaran-Institut (Hayastani Hanrapetutʻyan Gitutʻyunneri Azgayin Akademia), issuing body.
Հայոց Ցեղասպանության Թանգարան֊Ինստիտուտ (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Գիտությունների Ազգային Ակադեմիա), issuing body.
- Notes
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At head of title: Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation.
Includes bibliographical references.
Translator's note -- Acknowledgements -- The hero in the whirlpool of genocide : the bloody odyssey of Sebastatsi Murad -- From Sivas to Batum -- Biography : Zabel Yesayan -- Biography : Murad of Sebastia
In English, translated from Armenian.
