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The Sasun uprising or Sasun rebellion of 1904 (Armenian: Սասունի երկրորդ ապստամբութիւնը, Sasuni yerkrord apstambut'yunĕ, literally Second Sassoun resistance) was an uprising by Armenian militia against the Ottoman Empire in Turkey's Sason region in 1904.
The Sasun rebellion of 1894, also known as the First Sasun resistance (Armenian: Սասնո առաջին ապստամբութիւն), was the conflict between Ottoman Empire's Hamidiye forces and the Armenian fedayi belonging to the Armenian national movement's Hunchakian party in the Sasun region.
Gevorg later participated in the Second Sasun Resistance in 1904. [7] Afterwards, he crossed into the region of Vaspurakan (Van) with Andranik and Hampartsoum Boyadjian, but desired to return to Sasun and did so shortly after. [1] He led the Armenian forces in Taron-Sasun from 1904 to 1907, when some of his most famous exploits occurred.
An Armenian map of Sasun, 1904. Sasun or Sassoun (Armenian: Սասուն), also known as Sanasun or Sanasunkʻ (Armenian: Սանասունք), was a region of historical Armenia.
The Sasun resistance in 1894 (Armenian: Սասնոյ առաջին ապստամբութիւն). The Zeitun Rebellion from 1895-to 1896, was the Armenian military response to prevent massacres from taking place during the Hamidian massacres. The Defense of Van in 1896 was the response by the Armenian population in Van to the Hamidian massacres.
In Sasun, Armenian activists were working to arm the folk and to recruit young men by motivating them to the Armenian cause. 50,000 Turkish and Kurdish troops started the offensive in Sasun, where 500 fedayees had to defend 20,000 unarmed people.
1903 June 12: Armenian Church and its property (Russian Armenia) 1904: Second Sasun Resistance; 1904: Raid of a Russian military depot in Alexandropol; 1905 January 22: Revolution of 1905 starts in Russia (Russian Armenia) 1905-1907: Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907 (Russian Armenia) 1905 July 21: Yıldız assassination attempt
David of Sassoun (Armenian: Սասունցի Դաւիթ Sasuntsi Davit also spelled David of Sasun) is the main hero of Armenia's national epic Daredevils of Sassoun, who drove Arab Egyptian invaders out of Armenia.