Armenia Was Sacrificed in 1921

15.03.2006
PanARMENIAN.Net

[...]the study of documents shows that Germany was indifferent to the fate of eastern Armenia and did not insist on its conveyance to Turkey. “It was Trotsky’s personal initiative most likely coordinated with Lenin. [...]. As result, representatives of Turkey and Russia gathered in Moscow and cut off a considerable part of Armenia’s territory,” {Melik-Shahnazaryan} noted.

The expert said the problem was that in March 1921 Armenia was not a Bolshevik republic. “Bolsheviks wished to make friends with Turkey and the conveyance of Armenian lands to Turkey proved their “sincerity”. [...] this caused the rebellion February 18, 1921.

“The February rebellion expelled Bolsheviks from the greater part of Armenia. Yerevan and all major towns were ruled by the leaders of the First Republic of Armenia. Blaming Armenians and saying “if it were not the rebellion there wouldn’t have been the conveyance of the lands” is incorrect from the historical viewpoint and immoral from the national viewpoint,” the Armenian expert underscored.

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