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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ARMENIAN
CULTURAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ELITE
AS WELL AS THE CLERGY WERE ARRESTED ON
APRIL 24 , 1915 AND THE FOLLOWING DAYS, IN
CONSTANTINOPLE.

THE OTTOMAN PARLIAMENT PASSED THE L AW
ON GENOCIDE, WHICH WOULD LEGALIZE THE
FORCED DEPORTATION OF THE ARMENIAN
POPUL ATION—MAINLY WOMEN AND
CHILDREN — FROM THEIR HOMEL AND TO
THE DESERTS OF MESOPOTAMIA.

The Construction and Inauguration of the Memorial
Complex Dedicated to the Victims of the Genocide

April 24, 1965. This day saw the beginning of
the international recognition of the Armenian
Genocide. Armenians in Soviet Armenia marked
the Memorial Day to the victims of the Genocide
for the first time.
There

were

unsurmountable

numerous

and

issues

linked

seemingly
to

the

commemoration of a day of national spirit
under the Soviet authorities. It is sufficient to
say that when the Central Committee of the
Armenian Communist Party wrote to Moscow