We present to you a list of those who were shot in those days. The so-called “Emergency Group” and a special department created under the Revolutionary Committee of the Bolshevik government to combat “counterrevolution, abuse, and sabotage” decided to use terror against 21 prisoners held in the Central Prison according to order Number 11 which was sent to the commandant of the Cheka.
Here is a list of 21 people who were executed as counterrevolutionaries, robbers, communist murderers, traitors, and plunderers of state property.
This list does not contain the names of Khmbapet Hamazasp (Խմբապետ Համազասպ), Macedon, Artush Khan, and Banvor Sergo (Բանվոր Սերգո) which are mentioned in all other sources (Simon Vratsyan, Oliver Baldwin, Bakhshi Ishkhanyan, Arshaluys Astvatsatryan). The missing names were also mentioned in various publications of the newspaper “Azat Hayastan” (Ազատ Հայաստան, Free Armenia).
Khmbapet Hamazasp (in the top row, first left) can be clearly seen in the famous photo with the killed heroes that Vratsyan presented in his book “Republic of Armenia”.
The following is noteworthy. The Emergency Group issued 21 execution orders, but 25 people were shot, not counting the 50 people who were shot on the night before. It is quite clear why they did this: Bolsheviks in this way showed their excessive loyalty to the Revkom.
The photos of the prison were taken in 1992. Currently, the dilapidated prison building is located next to the Media House and the printing house.
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