When World War I broke out leading to confrontation between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire in the Caucasus and Persian Campaigns, the new government in Istanbul began to look on the Armenians with distrust and suspicion. This was because the Imperial Russian Army contained a contingent of Armenian volunteers. On 24 April 1915, Armenian intellectuals were arrested by Ottoman authorities and, with the Tehcir Law (29 May 1915), eventually a large proportion of Armenians living in Anatolia perished in what has become known as the Armenian Genocide. COUNT 4
QSN1 What instigated conflict between the Ottoman and Russian Empire? ANS1 World War I QSN2 When did the Tehcir Law come to fruition? ANS2 29 May 1915 QSN3 Which army had a group of Armenian volunteers fighting for them? ANS3 Russian Army QSN4 Where did the Armenian Genocide occur? ANS4 Anatolia