Photographic Evidence of the Annihilation of Shushi’s Thirty-Thousand Strong Armenian Population

Photographic Evidence of the Annihilation of Shushi’s Thirty-Thousand Strong Armenian Population in the Spring

Appeal of the Karabakh Soldiers and Officers of the 2nd Regiment of the Armenian Army to the Government of Armenia Requesting Deployment to Karabakh to Counter Azerbaijani Aggression No. 57 April 25, 1920

To the Minister of War and the General Commanding the Forces of the Republic of Armenia

Standing firmly in defense of the common national interests of the Republic of Armenia, fully aware of the dire situation in our dearly beloved Nagorno-Karabakh, and carefully considering the balance of forces across all fronts, we—the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Regiment—deem it unacceptable and morally reprehensible to remain silent in the face of the suffering of our kin and compatriots.

In light of this, we respectfully urge the Government of Armenia to take the most decisive measures to end the bloodshed in Karabakh, or to dispatch us without delay to the theater of military operations in Karabakh, for which we are prepared to lay down our lives with honor.

Should the government find it impossible to send us to Karabakh as part of the regular army, we request the establishment of a formal procedure for selecting volunteers from our regiment, along with the provision of the necessary quantity of military supplies.

We await your urgent response.

Signed: The Karabakh Soldiers of the 2nd Regiment

By order of the Prime Minister, forwarded for disposition.

Central State Historical Archive of Armenia, Fund 200, Inventory 1, File 566, Sheet 166. Certified copy. Typescript. Published in: Nagorno-Karabakh in 1918–1923, Yerevan, 1992, Document No. 295. (Emphasis added by us – Yu.B.) 406

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