Russo-Ottoman War of 1877-1878 and Armenia by Armenian press

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This book is about women and national minorities of Armenia during the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877-1878 by Armenian press. Discussions about the socio-political role of women started in the liberal press just before the War. Different women public organizations were getting ready for the coming War. During the period of war operations Armenian women served as nurses in the Red Cross hospitals in Yerevan and Alexandropol, as well as organized benevolent events to collect necessary facilities for military hospitals in Transcaucasia. After finishing the war women were active in education activities, social work and national enlightenment. National minorities of Armenia such as Kurds-Muslims, Yezidis, Assyrians, Greeks, Lom people (Boshas), and Caucasian Tatars (Turks) of the Russian Army also was actively involved in military operations at the Caucasus Front. Interethnic collisions in different inhabited localities in Armenia took place during the war and the appendix presents an example of an interethnic collision in the Balkans published in the Armenian press of the time.

Autorenportrait

Karine Bazeyan is Ethnologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences. Born in 1960 in Yerevan, she studied at Yerevan State University. In 2000 she earned PhD in History from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. More than 30 years she is scientific worker in the National Academy of Sciences. She is author of more than 70 articles and 2 books.

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