Murad of Sepastia

Mikayel Varandian (Author)

$20.00

Paperback

Armenian Cultural Foundation (Publisher)

2006 Arlington

ISBN: 0-9674621-6-9

Languages: English

Categories: Biographies, Books & Media, History, Liberation Struggle, Literature

Additional Artists

Ara Ghazarians (Editor, Translator)

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Biography of Murad of Sepastia (ne Murad Hakobian-Khrimian (1874-1918), Armenian natinal liberation movement leader, freedom fighter. He participated in numerous resistance and self-defense operations in Sasun as early as 1903, later in Taron, and then Sepastia (Sivas), Erzincan, in the then Ottoman Empire. a co-founder of the "One Gold, One Survivor" campaign, he managed to save large number of orphans of the Armenian Genocide and organized the evacuation of the Armenians from the battle-stricken regions.