Armenian Genocide 104. The Flow of People to Tsitsernakaberd Continues

On April 24, Armenians around the world and the progressive community remember the victims of the first genocide of the 20th century. Every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of Armenians visit Tsitsernakaberd to pay their respects to the memory of innocent victims.

In the morning, senior officials of Armenia and spiritual leaders visited Tsitsernakaberd. The flow of people to the memorial complex will continue throughout the day.

The Armenian Genocide was carried out in several phases, but its beginning is considered to be April 24, 1915, when Armenian intellectuals were arrested in Istanbul and subsequently brutally killed during their exile.

Nearly 1.5 million people were exterminated between 1915 and 1923. Just over half a million fathers were dispersed around the world. As a result of the genocide, Western Armenia was deprived of its indigenous people, while fathers lost their historical homeland. Thousands of historical and architectural monuments were destroyed, manuscripts were desecrated, and holy sites were defiled. More than 60 Armenian cities and 2,500 villages were burned and looted.

Several dozen countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide, with Uruguay being the first in 1965, followed by Russia, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, and the Vatican. The Armenian Genocide has also been recognized by the UN General Assembly, the European Parliament, the World Council of Churches, and various other international organizations.