Talk:Christophor Araratov

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Not only this article is not properly referenced, but it is surprisingly biased towards an Armenian POV. I understand a natural national sympathy towards a war hero, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and any information should be represented in a neutral way. There are a couple of places which make this article particularly POV:

In the section Turkish invasion to Armenia we are suggested that “Georgians and Caucasian Turks supported Turkey, aiming at getting the support of the latter in founding their own independent states.” This sounds pretty silly as Georgians were actually at war with Turkey and the country faced an invasion by the Ottoman army which had occupied Batumi and Akhalkalaki and then threatened to take Kutaisi and Tbilisi.

“After Sardarapat Araratov was moved to the front against Georgian Army, which conquered Lori in 1918 and despite any negotiations, refused leaving Armenia.” This passage is another piece of nationalist propaganda. The Georgian-Armenian War 1918 offers a more neutral version of the events.

“In the start of 1919 all around Armenia Caucasian Turks excited rebellions.” An extremely dubious assertion. There was a war between the two nations – Armenia and Azerbaijan (see Armenian-Azerbaijani War). Persistence references to the “Caucasian Turks” in an apparent attempt to avoid mentioning of the term “Azerbaijan” is another problem with this article. I hope the author or other interested editors will take care of all of these.--Kober^Talk 12:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)