Armenians worldwide commemorate the anniversary of the genocide that took the lives of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians from 1915 through 1923. The actual day of remembrance. April 24. occurred during the Senate recess. On that day in 1915. the Ottoman campaign against the Armenian people began in earnest when hundreds of Armenian community leaders were arrested and killed. For the next 8 years. the empires rulers pursued a deliberate campaign based upon religious. political. and cultural intolerance. to eliminate the Armenian people through deportation and death. This year. the day of remembrance has special significance because after decades of Soviet rule. Armenia is now a free and independent country.
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