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Name: Russian Conquest of Armenia

Type: Event

Start: 1914 AD

End: 1917 AD

Parent: Caucasus campaign (World War I)

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Was the Russin offensive in Armenia during World War I.

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  • November 1917: The Transcaucasian Commissariat was established at Tbilisi on 11 November 1917, as the first government of the independent Transcaucasia following the October Revolution in Petrograd.
  • July 1916: On July 2, Erzincan was captured by Russina forces.
  • February 1916: Ottoman Mahmut Kamil was forced to order the 3rd Army to retreat from the Erzurum, as Russian Yudenich had a numerical advantage over the Ottoman army.
  • November 1914: Russian forces reached Köprüköy on November 4.
  • November 1914: The 3rd Infantry Regiment, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, invaded Köprüköy during the Azap Offensive in November 1914, securing the territory for the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 1914: By the end of November, the front had stabilized, with the Russians clinging to a salient 25 kilometers into the Ottoman Empire along the Erzurum-Sarikamish axis.
  • December 1914: At the Battle of Ardahan, the city was captured by the Turks.
  • April 1915: The Russians were holding the towns of Eleşkirt, Ağrı and Doğubeyazıt in the south.
  • January 1916: The Battle of Koprukoy in 1916 occurred when the Russians were advancing to Erzurum.
  • April 1916: Ottoman forces retreated from Trabzon, and on April 15 the city was taken without a fight by the Russian Caucasus Army.
  • August 1916: Russian units pushed the Ottoman 2nd Army deep into Anatolia and defeated the Turks in the Battles of Mush and Bitlis (March 2 - August 24).
  • November 1914: The Ottoman 3rd Infantry Regiment invaded Köprüköy during the Azap Offensive in November 1914, securing the territory for the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 1914: Armenian volunteers were took Karaköse and Doğubeyazıt.
  • April 1915: Self-defensive measure by the Armenian population of Van against the Ottoman Empire. Armenian forces fought against the attempts to massacre the Armenian population in the Van Vilayet.
  • May 1915: Russian forces entered the town of Van.

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