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Ottoman Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
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Vehip Pasha | Yudenich | ||||||
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Third Army | Russian Caucasus Army |
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The Trebizond Campaign, also known as the Battle of Trebizond was a series of brilliant Russian naval and land operations that resulted in the capture of Trebizond. It was the logistical step after the Erzerum Campaign. Operations began on February 5 and concluded when the Ottoman troops abandoned Trebizond on the night of April 15, 1916. [1]
Prior to World War I, the vibrant Armenian community of Trebizond numbered 30,000.[2] In 1915, during the Armenian Genocide, they were massacred and deported.[2] After the Russian capture of Trebizond, some 500 surviving Armenians were able to return[2], as well as Armenian monks of the Kaymakli Monastery.[3]