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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Van Resistance, Armenian national movement, Andranik Toros Ozanian, Garegin Njdeh, Armenian irregular units, 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover, Drastamat Kanayan, Sasun Resistance, Karekin Pastermadjian, Zeitun Resistance, Smbad Baroyan, Yeprem Khan, Y ld z assassination attempt, Musa Dagh, Murad of Sebastia, Defense of Van, Stepan Zorian, Khanasor Expedition, Bashkaleh Resistance, Gugunian Expedition, Shabin-Karahisar Resistance, Urfa Resistance, Simon Zavarian, Christapor Mikaelian, Hampartsoum Boyadjian, Kum Kapu demonstration, Armenak Yekarian, Sargis Mehrabyan, Girayr. Excerpt: The Siege of Van, Resistance at Van, Van Resistance (Armenian: (Vani Hyerosamart), Turkish: ) or Van Rebellion, Van Revolt (Turkish: ), Armenian Revolution at Van (Turkish: ) was an insurgency against the Ottoman Empire's attempts to massacre the Armenian population in the vilayet of Van. Several contemporaneous observers and later historians have pointed out that the Ottoman government deliberately instigated the armed Armenian Resistance by enforcing the conditions on their subjects and then used this insurgency as a main pretext to justify the forced deportations of Armenians from all over the empire. However, the decisions of deportation and extermination were made before the Van resistance. De Nogales' assessment substantiated the reports of the other witnesses who maintained that the Armenian posture at Van was defensive and an act of resistance to massacre. Based mostly in the city of Van, it was one of the few instances during the Armenian Genocide when Armenians fought against the Ottoman Empire's armed forces. The fighting lasted from 19 April to 17 May 1915, when the Ottoman army retreated as Russian forces approached the city. Van City Centrum During the late Ottoman period, Van was an important center of Armenian cultural, ..