The majority of the banished Armenians died from starvation and disease during relentless marches forced upon them by the Turkish Government. Others were massacred. That some 500.000 refugees were able to escape north across the Russian border and south into Arab lands. with many eventually reaching Europe and the United States. was a miracle. Tragically. those Armenians who could not escape. did not fare as well. Although they battled courageously against the Turkish Army and established an independent Armenian State in 1918the first since the Armenian Kingdom of 1375which was enlarged through the Treaty of Sevres between Turkey and the victorious Allies in 1920. the independence was short lived.
Keywords matched
refugees