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A drawing by Gevorg Brutyan |
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Muslims of Armenia |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sebouh Nersesian Hamo Ohanjanyan (PM) Ruben Ter-Minasian (DM) |
Revkom Sargis Musayelian Ghukas Ghukasyan |
Muslims of Armenia
supported by:
Soviet Russia
The May Uprising (Armenian: Մայիսյան ապստամբություն, Mayisyan apstambutyun) was a coup d'état attempt by the Armenian Bolsheviks that started in Alexandropol (now Gyumri) on May 10, 1920. It was eventually suppressed by the Armenian government on May 14 and its leaders were executed.