Battle of Sardarabad

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The Battle of Sardarabad was a crucial 1918 military engagement in which Armenian forces halted the advance of the Ottoman army, preventing the possible destruction of the Armenian nation and enabling the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia.

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Battle of Sardarapat 5
Battle of Sardarabad canonical 4
Battle of Sardarapat (1918) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Sardarapat Battle
belligerent Armenian forces
Ottoman Empire
commanderForArmenians Christophor Araratov
Daniel Bek-Pirumyan
Movses Silikyan
commanderForOttomans Yakub Shevki Pasha
commemoratedBy Republic of Armenia
linked to: Armenia
commemoratedOn May 28
conflictOf World War I
countryAtTime First Republic of Armenia
dateEnd 1918-05-29
dateStart 1918-05-21
distanceToYerevan approximately 40 kilometers
followedBy Treaty of Batum
forcesInvolved Armenian volunteer detachments
local Armenian militias
regular Armenian units
front Caucasus Front
languageOfAlternateName Armenian
location Armavir Province
Eastern Armenia
linked to: eastern Armenia

Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus

near Sardarabad
memorial Sardarapat Memorial
linked to: Sardarapat
memorialInaugurationYear 1968
memorialLocation near Araks village
nearbyCity Yerevan
linked to: Yerevan, Armenia
opponent Ottoman Third Army
outcome Ottoman advance halted
prevented occupation of Eastern Armenia
prevented possible destruction of the Armenian nation
partOf Caucasus Campaign
linked to: Caucasus campaign
precededBy Ottoman offensive in Eastern Armenia
relatedTo Armenian Genocide
Armenian national liberation movement
First Republic of Armenia
result Armenian victory
significance considered a decisive moment in Armenian history
enabled establishment of the First Republic of Armenia
symbol of Armenian national survival
strategicObjectiveOfArmenians defend Yerevan
stop Ottoman advance into Eastern Armenia
strategicObjectiveOfOttomans advance toward Baku
occupy Eastern Armenia
typeOfWarfare conventional land battle
year 1918

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Treaty of Batum (1918) signedAfter Battle of Sardarabad
Armavir, Armenia nearbyBattle Battle of Sardarapat
linked to: Battle of Sardarabad
Battle of Sardarabad alsoKnownAs Sardarapat Battle
linked to: Battle of Sardarabad
Sardarapat knownFor Battle of Sardarapat
linked to: Battle of Sardarabad
Sardarapat hasEvent Battle of Sardarapat
linked to: Battle of Sardarabad
Sardarapat Memorial commemorates Battle of Sardarapat
subject linked to: Sardarapat
linked to: Battle of Sardarabad
Sardarapat village namedAfter Battle of Sardarapat
linked to: Battle of Sardarabad
Sardarapat village memorialCommemoratedEvent Battle of Sardarapat (1918)
linked to: Battle of Sardarabad
Battle of Bash Abaran followedBy Battle of Sardarabad
Battle of Karakilisa precededBy Battle of Sardarabad
Battle of Karakilisa relatedTo Battle of Sardarabad