Battle of Sardarapat

Battle of Sardarabad
Part of the Caucasus Campaign
The memorial dedicated to the Armenian victory at the battle of Sardarabad near Araks, Armavir, Armenia
Date 21–29 May 1918 Location near Sardarapat (present-day Nor Armavir, Armenia) Result Decisive Armenian victory Ottoman invasion of Eastern Armenia repelled Establishment of the First Republic of Armenia Treaty of Batum: recognition of Armenia by the Ottoman Empire
Belligerents
Armenian National Council Armenian Army Corps	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Daniel Bek-Pirumyan Movses Silikyan (commander of the Yerevan detachment) Tovmas Nazarbekian (commander of the Armenian Army Corps) Aram Manukian (dictator of Yerevan)	Wehib Pasha Kâzım Karabekir (commander of the I Caucasian Corps) Rüştü Bey (commander of the 9th Caucasian Division) Zihni Bey (commander of the Zihni Bey Detachment)
Strength
9,000	~10-13,000 Including Kurdish cavalry 1,500-3000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	3,500 dead alone from May 22 to May 26

Coordinates: 40°5′37.05″N 43°56′48.13″E / 40.0936250°N 43.9467028°E / 40.0936250; 43.9467028

Decisive Armenian victory

Armenian National Council

The Battle of Sardarabad (Armenian: Սարդարապատի ճակատամարտ, Sardarapati č̣akatamart; Turkish: Serdarabad Muharebesi) was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Sardarabad (modern-day Armavir), Armenia from May 21–29, 1918. Sardarabad was only 40 kilometers west of the city of Yerevan. The battle is currently seen as not only stopping the Ottoman advance into the rest of Armenia but also preventing the complete destruction of the Armenian nation. In the words of Christopher J. Walker, had the Armenians lost this battle, "it is perfectly possible that the word Armenia would have henceforth denoted only an antique geographical term."

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