Beginning in 1915. the Ottoman Empire carried out a genocidal plot against its Armenian minority. From 1915 to 1923. approximately 1.5 million Armenian people. including religious. political. and intellectual leaders. lost their lives due to starvation. torture. and disease. More than 500.000 Armenians were exiled from their homes and by the end of 1923. the entire Armenian population of Anatolia and Western Armenia had been killed or deported. During this bleak period for the Armenian people. hope was temporarily restored on May 28. 1918. when Armenian refugees. with the help of volunteers from abroad. defeated a Turkish attack and gained freedom. Unfortunately. in 1920 the Soviet Union joined with Ottoman Empire forces to attack and defeat Armenia. whose people were subjugated by these foreign powers for the next 70 years. It was not until 1991. after the break up of the Soviet Union. that the independence of the Armenian people was restored and the Republic of Armenia was born.
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