Sasun Resistance (1894)

First Sasun Resistance
Location of the 1894 and 1904 Sasun uprisings
Date 1894 Location Sason, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire Result Ottoman victory Suppression of the Armenian resistance, followed by wholesale massacres of Armenian civilian population
Belligerents
Armenian rebels Hnchak Party	Ottoman Empire Hamidiye
Commanders and leaders
Mihran Damadian Hampartsoum Boyadjian Hrayr Dzhoghk	,
Strength
8,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
20,000 rebel and civillians	550

Ottoman victory

Armenian rebels

 Ottoman Empire

The Sassoun resistance of 1894, also known as First Sassoun resistance (Armenian: Սասնո առաջին ապստամբութիւն), was the conflict between Ottoman Empire's forces and the Armenian militia belonging to the Armenian national movement's Hunchak party in the Sassoun region.

The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party and Armenian Revolutionary Federation were two Armenian organizations of Armenian national movement active in the region. In 1894, Sultan Abdul Hamid II began to target the Armenian people in a precursor of the Hamidian massacres. This persecution strengthened nationalistic sentiment among Armenians.

In Sassoun Armenian nationalist ideas were proliferated by Hunchak activists, such as Mihran Damadian, Hampartsoum Boyadjian and Hrayr Dzhoghk.

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