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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the World War I volunteer battalions. For the present day Armenian Volunteer Corps, see <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Volunteer_Corps" title="Armenian Volunteer Corps">Armenian Volunteer Corps</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Armenian volunteer units</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1915-july-20-Armenian_volunteer_units.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/1915-july-20-Armenian_volunteer_units.jpg/280px-1915-july-20-Armenian_volunteer_units.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/1915-july-20-Armenian_volunteer_units.jpg/420px-1915-july-20-Armenian_volunteer_units.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/1915-july-20-Armenian_volunteer_units.jpg/560px-1915-july-20-Armenian_volunteer_units.jpg 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="307" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Armenian volunteers</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1914–1917</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detachment_(military)" title="Detachment (military)">Detachment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">150,000 troops</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andranik_Ozanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Andranik Ozanian">Andranik Ozanian</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Drastamat_Kanayan" title="Drastamat Kanayan">Drastamat Kanayan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arshak_Gavafian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arshak Gavafian">Arshak Gavafian</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hamazasp_Srvandztyan" title="Hamazasp Srvandztyan">Hamazasp Srvandztyan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sargis_Mehrabyan" title="Sargis Mehrabyan">Sargis Mehrabyan</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Armenian volunteer units</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Հայ կամավորական ջոկատներ</span> <i>Hay kamavorakan jokatner</i>) were units composed of <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. Composed of several groups at <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> strength. The Russian-Armenian volunteer units took part in military activities in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_theater_of_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Eastern theater of World War I">Middle Eastern theater of World War I</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commanders_of_Armenian_volunteer_units.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Commanders_of_Armenian_volunteer_units.png/200px-Commanders_of_Armenian_volunteer_units.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Commanders_of_Armenian_volunteer_units.png/300px-Commanders_of_Armenian_volunteer_units.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Commanders_of_Armenian_volunteer_units.png 2x" data-file-width="377" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption>Keri of the 4th battalion, Hamazasp of the 3rd battalion, <a href="/wiki/Sargis_Mehrabyan" title="Sargis Mehrabyan">Vartan</a> of regiment of Ararat</figcaption></figure> <p>In August 1914, following Germany's declaration of war against Russia, Count <a href="/wiki/Illarion_Vorontsov-Dashkov" title="Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov">Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov</a>, the Russian <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Viceroyalty_(1844-1881)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caucasus Viceroyalty (1844-1881)">Caucasus Viceroy</a> approached Armenian leaders in the Russian city of <a href="/wiki/Tiflis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiflis">Tiflis</a> to broach the idea of a formation of a separate fighting corps inside the Russian Army, made up of the Russian Empire's Armenian subjects. Armenians were already being enrolled in the regular Russian army and sent to the Eastern front, but Vorontsov-Dashkov offered to furnish weapons and supplies to outfit four detachments that were envisioned to take part in fighting against the Ottoman Empire (the Ottomans would not enter the war until October that year). His offer was received warmly, and within a few weeks, Armenian volunteers throughout the Caucasus began to enlist. Responsibility for its formation was given to a special committee created by the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_National_Congress_(1917)" title="Armenian National Congress (1917)">Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians</a>, which coordinated its activities from <a href="/wiki/Tiflis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiflis">Tiflis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gyumri" title="Gyumri">Alexandrapol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hovannisian_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hovannisian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Establishment">Establishment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Establishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The establishment of Armenian volunteer units in the Russian army dates back to the summer of 1914. <a href="/wiki/Count_Illarion_Ivanovich_Vorontsov-Dashkov" class="mw-redirect" title="Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov">Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov</a> consulted with the Mayor of Tbilisi <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Khatisian" title="Alexander Khatisian">Alexander Khatisian</a>, the primate of Tbilisi, Bishop Mesrop Ter-Movsisian, and the prominent civic leader Dr. <a href="/wiki/Hakob_Zavriev" title="Hakob Zavriev">Hakob Zavriev</a> about the creation of Armenian volunteer detachments.<sup id="cite_ref-Hovannisian_p_280_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hovannisian_p_280-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These units would be employed on the Caucasus front in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. </p><p>The Armenian volunteer units, mostly from the Caucasus region, were impatient to take arms "to liberate their homeland".<sup id="cite_ref-Hovannisian_p_280_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hovannisian_p_280-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In several towns occupied by the Russian forces, Armenian students were ready to join the Russian Empire's Armenian volunteer army.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides the regular soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Caucasus_Army_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Caucasus Army (World War I)">Russian Caucasus Army</a>, nearly 20,000 Armenian irregular units expressed their readiness to take up arms against the Ottoman Empire. The size of these units increased during the war and <a href="/wiki/Boghos_Nubar" title="Boghos Nubar">Boghos Nubar</a> gave the summary of these units in a public letter to the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Peace_Conference,_1919" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Peace Conference, 1919">Paris Peace Conference, 1919</a> as 150,000 Armenians in the Russian Empire's volunteer units and around 40,000 <a href="/wiki/Armenian_irregular_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian irregular units">Armenian irregular units</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_1_battalion_1914.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1st. Armenian battalion"><img alt="1st. Armenian battalion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_1_battalion_1914.png/120px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_1_battalion_1914.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_1_battalion_1914.png/180px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_1_battalion_1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_1_battalion_1914.png/240px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_1_battalion_1914.png 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="426" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1st. Armenian battalion</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_2_battalion_1914.png" class="mw-file-description" title="2nd Armenian battalion"><img alt="2nd Armenian battalion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_2_battalion_1914.png/120px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_2_battalion_1914.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_2_battalion_1914.png/180px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_2_battalion_1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_2_battalion_1914.png/240px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_2_battalion_1914.png 2x" data-file-width="657" data-file-height="416" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">2nd Armenian battalion</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_3_battalion_1914.png" class="mw-file-description" title="3rd Armenian battalion"><img alt="3rd Armenian battalion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_3_battalion_1914.png/120px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_3_battalion_1914.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_3_battalion_1914.png/180px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_3_battalion_1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_3_battalion_1914.png/240px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_3_battalion_1914.png 2x" data-file-width="636" data-file-height="401" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">3rd Armenian battalion</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_4_battalion_1914.png" class="mw-file-description" title="4th Armenian battalion"><img alt="4th Armenian battalion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_4_battalion_1914.png/120px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_4_battalion_1914.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_4_battalion_1914.png/180px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_4_battalion_1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_4_battalion_1914.png/240px-Pervaya_Armyanskaya_Drujina_4_battalion_1914.png 2x" data-file-width="698" data-file-height="405" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">4th Armenian battalion</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_Battle,_1914"><span id="Order_of_Battle.2C_1914"></span>Order of Battle, 1914</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Order of Battle, 1914"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Staff_of_armenian_volunteers_1914.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Staff_of_armenian_volunteers_1914.png/220px-Staff_of_armenian_volunteers_1914.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Staff_of_armenian_volunteers_1914.png/330px-Staff_of_armenian_volunteers_1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Staff_of_armenian_volunteers_1914.png/440px-Staff_of_armenian_volunteers_1914.png 2x" data-file-width="2850" data-file-height="1725" /></a><figcaption>1914, Staff of Armenian volunteers; <a href="/wiki/Khetcho" title="Khetcho">Khetcho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drastamat_Kanayan" title="Drastamat Kanayan">Dro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Karekin_Pastermadjian" class="mw-redirect" title="Karekin Pastermadjian">Armen Garo</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The acting commander <a href="/wiki/Andranik_Ozanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Andranik Ozanian">Andranik Ozanian</a> under Viceroyalty of the Caucasus <a href="/wiki/Illarion_Ivanovich_Vorontsov-Dashkov" class="mw-redirect" title="Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov">Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov</a>. </p> <ul><li>Armenian volunteer corps <ul><li>1st battalion (<a href="/wiki/Andranik_Ozanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Andranik Ozanian">Andranik Ozanian</a>)</li> <li>2nd battalion (<a href="/wiki/Drastamat_Kanayan" title="Drastamat Kanayan">Drastamat Kanayan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armen_Garo" title="Armen Garo">Armen Garo</a>)</li> <li>3rd battalion (<a href="/wiki/Hamazasp_Srvandztyan" title="Hamazasp Srvandztyan">Hamazasp Srvandztyan</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Nom_de_guerre" title="Nom de guerre">nom de guerre</a></i> Hamazasp)</li> <li>4th battalion (<a href="/wiki/Arshak_Gafavian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arshak Gafavian">Arshak Gafavian</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Nom_de_guerre" title="Nom de guerre">nom de guerre</a></i> Keri)</li> <li>Regiment Ararat (<a href="/wiki/Sargis_Mehrabyan" title="Sargis Mehrabyan">Sargis Mehrabyan</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Nom_de_guerre" title="Nom de guerre">nom de guerre</a></i> Vartan)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Andranik's detachment was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Persian_campaign_(World_War_I)" title="Persian campaign (World War I)">Persian Campaign</a> along General <a href="/wiki/Tovmas_Nazarbekian" title="Tovmas Nazarbekian">Tovmas Nazarbekian</a>'s forces. The second, third and fourth units were assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Caucasus Campaign">Caucasus Campaign</a>. <a href="/wiki/Drastamat_Kanayan" title="Drastamat Kanayan">Drastamat Kanayan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armen_Garo" title="Armen Garo">Armen Garo</a> directed the 2nd battalion over the offensives around <a href="/wiki/Lake_Van" title="Lake Van">Lake Van</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vaspurakan" title="Vaspurakan">Vaspurakan</a>). The 3rd and 4th battalions commanded by Hamazasp and Keri were assigned to the positions along the <a href="/wiki/Kars_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Kars Oblast">Kars Oblast</a>. <a href="/wiki/Enver_Pasha" title="Enver Pasha">Enver Pasha</a>'s offensive had a great chance of success if all three wings of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Third Army (Ottoman Empire)">Third Army</a> could reach their objectives on time. The Ottoman Tenth Army corps, during its march from Olti to Sarikamish, suffered a delay of 24 hours in the Barduz Pass due to the resistance of the "<i>4th battalion of the Armenian volunteers</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This delay enabled the Russian Caucasus Army to concentrate a sufficient force around Sarikamish, resulting in the destruction of the Ottoman Third Army in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sarikamish" title="Battle of Sarikamish">Battle of Sarikamish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_Battle,_1915"><span id="Order_of_Battle.2C_1915"></span>Order of Battle, 1915</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Order of Battle, 1915"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The acting commander <a href="/wiki/Andranik_Ozanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Andranik Ozanian">Andranik Ozanian</a> under Viceroyalty of the Caucasus <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_Nicholas_Nikolaevich_of_Russia_(1856%E2%80%931929)" title="Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)">Nicholas Nikolaevich</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_Van_(1915)" title="Defense of Van (1915)">siege of Van</a> there were 20,000 Armenian volunteer units serving in the Russian army.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Russian army entered <a href="/wiki/Van,_Turkey" title="Van, Turkey">Van</a> on 16 May 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on 15 October, under heavy fight around the region <a href="/wiki/Lake_Van" title="Lake Van">Lake Van</a>, these battalions had lost five hundred Armenian soldiers and there were more than twelve hundred wounded or missing.<sup id="cite_ref-likeone_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-likeone-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_Battle,_1916"><span id="Order_of_Battle.2C_1916"></span>Order of Battle, 1916</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Order of Battle, 1916"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The volunteer detachment contingents, fighting under Armenian commanders, were observed in the Russian Caucasian Army as rifle battalions under Russian officers.<sup id="cite_ref-likeone_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-likeone-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 1916, more than 1,000 Armenian reserve soldiers quit the Russian army in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Eastern Front (World War I)">Eastern Front</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_irregular_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian irregular units">Armenian irregular units</a> (Fedayee).<sup id="cite_ref-likeone_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-likeone-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_Battle,_1917"><span id="Order_of_Battle.2C_1917"></span>Order of Battle, 1917</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Order of Battle, 1917"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Russian Caucasus Front collapsed following the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Revolution_(1917)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Revolution (1917)">abdication of the Tsar</a>. In 1917, the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_National_Congress_(1917)" title="Armenian National Congress (1917)">Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians</a> asked the Armenian soldiers and officers scattered throughout Russian occupied regions to gradually be brought together.<sup id="cite_ref-Pas38_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pas38-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan was to mobilize Armenians on the Caucasian front. With that purpose in view, an Armenian Military Committee was formed with General Bagradouni as its president.<sup id="cite_ref-Pas38_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pas38-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These Armenian conscripts and volunteers from the Russian Army later established the core of the armed forces of the <a href="/wiki/First_Republic_of_Armenia" title="First Republic of Armenia">First Republic of Armenia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Armenian_volunteer_units" class="extiw" title="commons:Armenian volunteer units"><span style="font-style:italic; 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Hovannisian">Hovannisian, Richard G.</a> (1967). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/armeniaonroadtoi00hova"><i>Armenia on the Road to Independence, 1918</i></a></span>. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/armeniaonroadtoi00hova/page/43">43–44</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-520-00574-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-520-00574-0"><bdi>0-520-00574-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Armenia+on+the+Road+to+Independence%2C+1918&rft.place=Berkeley&rft.pages=43-44&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1967&rft.isbn=0-520-00574-0&rft.aulast=Hovannisian&rft.aufirst=Richard+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Farmeniaonroadtoi00hova&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArmenian+volunteer+units" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hovannisian_p_280-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hovannisian_p_280_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hovannisian_p_280_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hovannisian "The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times " p 280</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Washington Post Friday, 12 November 1914. ARMENIANS JOIN RUSSIANS; the extended information is the <a href="/wiki/File:Washington_post.jpg" title="File:Washington post.jpg">image detail</a> for explanation</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">By Joan George "Merchants in Exile: The Armenians of Manchester, England, 1835–1935" page 184</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFPasdermadjian1918">Pasdermadjian 1918</a>, pp. 21)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFPasdermadjian1918">Pasdermadjian 1918</a>, pp. 22)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">July, 1915 Letter from Mr. E. Vartanian, an Armenian-American Volunteer in the Russian Service, to His Brother-in-law in Egypt; Dated 9/22 July 1915, and Published in the Armenian Journal "Houssaper," of Cairo.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Richard G Hovannisian, <b>Armenians' road to Independence</b> in The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times: Foreign Dominion to Statehood</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">[Sv. 2000: T. 30, pp. 101–102]: "On the 6th of May the Armenian flag waved over the citadel of Van. The Vaspourakanis welcomed with great love the Russian soldiers and the Armenian volunteers under the leadership of General <a href="/wiki/Andranik_Ozanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Andranik Ozanian">Andranik Ozanian</a>."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-likeone-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-likeone_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-likeone_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-likeone_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Like One Family: The Armenians of Syracuse by Arpena S. Mesrobian p,53</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pas38-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pas38_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pas38_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFPasdermadjian1918">Pasdermadjian 1918</a>, pp. 38)</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPasdermadjian1918" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Armen_Garo" title="Armen Garo">Pasdermadjian, Karekin</a>; Torossian, Aram (1918). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4XYMAAAAYAAJ"><i>Why Armenia Should be Free: Armenia's Role in the Present War</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Why+Armenia+Should+be+Free%3A+Armenia%27s+Role+in+the+Present+War&rft.date=1918&rft.aulast=Pasdermadjian&rft.aufirst=Karekin&rft.au=Torossian%2C+Aram&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4XYMAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArmenian+volunteer+units" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&oldid=1254814416">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armenian_volunteer_units&oldid=1254814416</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_of_Armenia" title="Category:Military of Armenia">Military of Armenia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_Armenia" title="Category:Military units and formations of Armenia">Military units and formations of Armenia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_Russia_in_World_War_I" title="Category:Military units and formations of Russia in World War I">Military units and formations of Russia in World War I</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Volunteer_military_units_and_formations" title="Category:Volunteer military units and formations">Volunteer military units and formations</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_February_2014" title="Category:Use dmy dates from February 2014">Use dmy dates from February 2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Armenian-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Armenian-language text">Articles containing Armenian-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_link_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons link from Wikidata">Commons link from Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 1 November 2024, at 20:34<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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