World War One unsettles the Region
Our story begins today in 1908
Now enter Germany, stage left 1914
War comes to The Caucasus 1914, specifically Armenia
Battle of Sarikamish, near Kars, December 1914 through to January 1915
City of Van under siege, 1915
Armenian Genocide, 1915 - 16
Over 3 thousand miles away in St Petersburg revolution breaks out, February 1917
Sergei Kournakoff: Caucasian, Tsarist Officer, American Communist!
Two books not previously cited:-
The Ottoman Endgame by Sean McMeekin
Savage Squadrons by Sergei Kournakoff
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