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A Russian Officer's diary outlining the Armenians' "Barbarous Cruelties"

A Lieutenant Colonel, of the Second Russian Garrison Artillery Regiment stationed in Erzurum, kept a diary at least from late 1917 to a few months into 1918. The general army had withdrawn, and the province was under the control of this small Russian regiment, and a military unit comprised of Armenians. What follows are excerpts from this account of how the local unarmed Turkish population suffered at the hands of the Armenians, to the frequent shock of the Russian officer.

From a different source comes a sum-up of the incriminating statements made by the same officer, at the middle of this page, followed by Vahakn Dadrian's objections.

ADDENDUM, 9-07: This was an early page of TAT, and its worth now mainly stands with Dadrian's attempts to discredit the Russian officer. In order to get a better picture of Lt.-Col. Twerdokhleboff's statement, please tune in to its complete reproduction on the Jemal Pasha memoirs page, or in a differently translated version from the original Ottoman document.

...The Armenians slew more than 800 Turks in Erzindjan...

In these days the Armenians were perpetrating indescribably cruel murders among the poor Turkish inhabitants of the neighborhood of Erzindjan; the Turks were unarmed and without any means of self-defense. On hearing that the Turkish troops were approaching, the Armenians, committing fresh crimes, fled in the direction of Erzerum.

According to the reports of the Commander-in-Chief, confirmed by officers who were actually present at the scene of the crime, the Armenians slew more than 800 Turks in Erzindjan, and so avenged one of their miserable accomplices who had been killed by a Turk in justified self-defense. Furthermore, the Armenians massacred the unhappy Mohammedan population of Ilidja, in the neighborhood of Erzerum, without sparing the women and children.

On February 7th the following incident came to my notice: I ascertained that the Militia and the Armenian soldiers of the town were carrying off some hundreds of Mohammedans to an unknown destination. When I inquired into the reasons for this, I received the answer that these men were being recruited to clear the railway of snow. I expressed myself satisfied with this explanation.

I... finally discovered in the bathroom seventy Mohammedans, victims of the most ghastly horrors.
The following story will prove how unsatisfactory it was:
About three o'clock 2nd Lieutenant Lipsky, an officer of my regiment, reported to me over the telephone that some Armenian soldiers had attacked five Turks in the streets; they had driven them into a corner of the barrack yard, beaten them mercilessly, and would certainly kill them. The intervention of the Russian officer in favor of the unfortunate men was met with threats, where-upon an Armenian officer, who was also present at the scene, took the part of the bandits and joined in preventing Lipsky from intervening. On hearing this I hurried, accompanied by three officers, to the scene of the outrage. On the way I met the officer who had telephoned to me and the Mayor of Erzerum, Stawrosky, looking for one of their Turkish friends who had been captured by the Armenians. Lipsky told me that the soldiers were holding the entrance to the barracks by force of arms. I went on my way. As I came near the barracks I saw twelve Turks leaving; they were running away, obviously panic-stricken. I stopped one of them, but, as I did not understand his speech, it was impossible to know what he said. Finally, with great difficulty, I entered the barracks. I immediately inquired about the Turks who had been captured in the street. The soldiers affirmed that there was no civilian of the town in the barracks. I began a personal search of every nook and corner of the barracks, and finally discovered in the bathroom seventy Mohammedans, victims of the most ghastly horrors. I immediately instituted an inquiry and had six Armenians who were responsible for this crime arrested. I also learned in the course of the inquiry that an Armenian, whose identity I could not establish, had shot an unfortunate Mohammedan who had shown himself on the roof of a house near the barracks.
Naturally I at once set at liberty the unfortunate victim of this horrible outrage. The minutes of this inquiry, together with my own records, including the list of the Mohammedans whom I had succeeded in rescuing, were lost during the reoccupation of Erzerum by the Ottoman troops on February 27th. But the incident can be confirmed by questioning the Turks, who, whenever we meet, are profuse in their gratitude. In addition, Ali Bey Pepeoff, the Secretary of Mayor Stawrosky, who drew up the list and the protocol, would certainly recognize the parties concerned.
The inquiry revealed that Karaguedoff, an Armenian cadet of the artillery regiment, was the instigator of the outrage. In the course of ruthless house-searchings in Turkish homes, which he had conducted in the company of Armenian soldiers accustomed to such methods, he had appropriated furniture and other domestic property. Karaguedoff was arrested, together with other Armenian soldiers. The incidents were reported the same evening to the Commander-in-Chief in the presence of Government Commissioner Zetaloff and his assistant. On the same day the Armenians murdered other Turks and set fire to the Turkish bazaar. It was generally known that during these days several murders were committed in Erzerum and its neighborhood. I personally arrested an Armenian who had killed Turks in the neighborhood of Tafta and handed him over to the Commandant. It was said in the town that the Turk who had been told off to work in the fields never returned from their work, and that nothing could be learnt as to their whereabouts. The magistrates reported the disappearance of these men to the Commander-in-Chief.

In a report which we handed to the Commander-in-Chief on the occasion of an officers' conference we requested his permission to leave the fortress of Erzerum in view of our complete uselessness and the impossibility of preventing the Armenian crimes. We were afraid of besmirching our reputation. Odischelidze told us of the arrival of a wireless message which he had received from General Wehib Pasha, in command of the Ottoman troops. The General informed him that his troops had received orders to garrison Erzindjan and to advance until they had established touch with the Russian troops. Wehib Pasha further remarked that this was the only means of paving the way for the suppression of the barbarous cruelties practiced by the Armenians upon the Turkish population.
After this the Trans-Caucasian Commission made offers of peace to the Ottoman Government. In the telegram of reply the Commandant of the Ottoman troops expressed his readiness to accept the proposal, and added that he had communicated the proposal of the Trans-Caucasian Commission to his Government, recommending its acceptance. In accordance with a petition from us, General Odichelidze got into communication with Gueguetschkoni, the President of the Trans-Caucasian Commission, and General Lebedinsky, the Commander-in-Chief.
The reply contained the announcement that an ultimatum had been dispatched to the Armenian National Assembly, demanding the immediate cessation of all Armenian atrocities in order to put an end finally to these lamentable occurrences, and that Dr. Zavrieff and Andranik had been sent as delegates to Erzerum. As to the request of the officers, the advice of the Commissaries was that they should remain at their posts until the expected answer to the peace overtures had been received from the Ottoman Government. The Council expressed their thanks to the officers for the service they had rendered, and declared that if Russia were faced with any fresh danger they were sure that the officers would be found at their posts to the last minute.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Army also issued an order of the day in which he recommended officers not to leave their posts, adding that to shield their honor and protect their lives he would enforce the most stringent measures against the Armenian criminals. On these conditions we remained at Erzerum with the sole object of safeguarding the interests of Russia, and under the sole command of the Commander-in-Chief. We learned that the
Ottoman Government had received the proposal of the Trans-Caucasian Commission with favor and replied to this effect, and that peace negotiations would be opened on February 17th in Trebizond..

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Turks are The Most Loved & most respected People in the World

when their dead!

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A Russian Officer's diary outlining the Armenians' "Barbarous Cruelties"
A Lieutenant Colonel, of the Second Russian Garrison Artillery Regiment stationed in Erzurum, kept a diary at least from late 1917 to a few months into 1918. The general army had withdrawn, and the province was under the control of this small Russian regiment, and a military unit comprised of Armenians. What follows are excerpts from this account of how the local unarmed Turkish population suffered at the hands of the Armenians, to the frequent shock of the Russian officer.
From a different source comes a sum-up of the incriminating statements made by the same officer, at the middle of this page, followed by Vahakn Dadrian's objections.
ADDENDUM, 9-07: This was an early page of TAT, and its worth now mainly stands with Dadrian's attempts to discredit the Russian officer. In order to get a better picture of Lt.-Col. Twerdokhleboff's statement, please tune in to its complete reproduction on the Jemal Pasha memoirs page, or in a differently translated version from the original Ottoman document.
...The Armenians slew more than 800 Turks in Erzindjan...
In these days the Armenians were perpetrating indescribably cruel murders among the poor Turkish inhabitants of the neighborhood of Erzindjan; the Turks were unarmed and without any means of self-defense. On hearing that the Turkish troops were approaching, the Armenians, committing fresh crimes, fled in the direction of Erzerum.
According to the reports of the Commander-in-Chief, confirmed by officers who were actually present at the scene of the crime, the Armenians slew more than 800 Turks in Erzindjan, and so avenged one of their miserable accomplices who had been killed by a Turk in justified self-defense. Furthermore, the Armenians massacred the unhappy Mohammedan population of Ilidja, in the neighborhood of Erzerum, without sparing the women and children.
On February 7th the following incident came to my notice: I ascertained that the Militia and the Armenian soldiers of the town were carrying off some hundreds of Mohammedans to an unknown destination. When I inquired into the reasons for this, I received the answer that these men were being recruited to clear the railway of snow. I expressed myself satisfied with this explanation.

To make this report looks like authantic it mus be added to it : And the Kurdiah population of Anatol , who has become Turks lately, were upsent from Kurdistan, Kurds were vacationing in the Swiss Alps. only the brave Turks stood up to the occations and suffered genocide at the hands of the Armenian invadores. Now you are full fleged Turkish reaserchner and scounderal and crocks too..

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ARMENIA
I. Summary
Drug trafficking groups appear to be targeting Armenia as a conduit to smuggle drugs to Western Europe. However, there are no reliable estimates on the magnitude of this problem. The Armenian illicit drug market is small, but Government of Armenia (GOA) officials are concerned that drug abuse and drug-related crime is increasing. Armenia is not a major drug-producing country, and drug use is modest at present, although growing. Authorities confiscated heroin and cocaine in the Armenian market for the first time in 1996. A State Interagency Antinarcotics Commission was established in 1995, and has drafted a program of counternarcotics actions; it has been passed to the government of Armenia (GOAM) for review. Armenia hosted two visits by representatives of the UNDCP in September 1996 and January 1997. Armenia is a party to the 1988 UN Convention.
II. Status of Country
Drug transit is becoming a serious concern for Armenia, even though borders with Turkey are nominally closed due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Ministry of Interior (MVD) believes that Armenia is becoming an increasingly important drug transit point due to its geographical position. A source in the presidential staff also theorized in 1995 that Armenia was more attractive to international drug cartels because the traditional trafficking routes via Turkey and the Balkans had been effectively closed off.

The main drugs transported are opium and hashish, though heroin and cocaine recently became a focus of concern. Traffickers smuggle drugs into Armenia by truck from Iran and Turkey. They also use other routes, however: a heroin shipment seized in 1996 was suspected by the MVD to have been delivered from Moscow by plane, whereas Buprenorphine was confiscated from a passenger on a Yerevan-Delhi flight in Yerevan. Drug shipments from Central Asia are also brought to Armenia by plane, according to the MVD.

Domestic drug appears to be limited in Armenia, and the MVD believes that the local market for narcotics is not large. The traditional drugs of choice are opium and cannabis. Hemp and opium poppy grow in the wild. A small amount is used for local native foods. Northwestern Armenia and border areas, where many military personnel are stationed, are the regions with the highest rates of drug abuse.

In 1996, some new drugs appeared on the Armenian drug market. For the first time, police confiscated heroin and cocaine. By MVD estimates, the total amount of heroin brought to Armenia for consumption was small, about 2 kgs. Also, the MVD seized a shipment of 1,091 ampules (five-gram vials) of Buprenorphine produced in India under the brand name "Morphine". While these are small amounts, the MVD says it is quite concerned about the potential for increased drug trafficking and abuse in the future. Low local prices for heroin and cocaine could attract customers and slowly convert Armenia into a more important market.

The upward trend in drug abuse is another indicator of potential market expansion. The MVD estimates that there are currently roughly 19,000 drug addicts in Armenia; for 1995 the number was estimated at 10,000. These estimates are corroborated by the chief physician of the counternarcotics dispensary.

III. Country Actions Against Drugs in 1996
Policy Initiatives. A 1995 presidential decree gave "priority status" to narcotics control programs in Armenia. Accordingly, a State Interagency Commission was created which includes representatives of MVD, Health Care, Education and Science, National Security and "No to Alcohol and Drug Abuse", a private sector organization. The Commission's major activity has focused on drafting a National Narcotics Control Master Plan on measures to strengthen border controls, law enforcement activities, and health care programs. The plan has been passed to the government for review. If approved, it will then be presented to the National Assembly as a set of draft laws.

There were no new antinarcotics laws passed in Armenia in 1996.

Law Enforcement Efforts. There was a slight drop in drug-related crimes during the year. MVD reports 517 drug-related crimes committed in 1996 compared to 569 in 1995 and 525 in 1994. The Prosecutor General's Office reported 430 indictments in 1996, involving 515 suspects. The police destroyed 113 mt of cannabis and opium plants.

In November, the Ministry of National Security (MNS) and the MVD were merged into a single agency, the Ministry of Interior and National Security (MINS); it is now headed by the former Minister of National Security.

The spokesperson for the Central Bank of Armenia claimed in a December interview that money laundering does not constitute a serious problem in Armenia. This seems likely, as Armenia is isolated, and its banking system is rudimentary. The country is beset by economic problems and is therefore an unlikely site for extensive money laundering activity.

Demand Reduction. The Public Health Service reports a significant increase in drug use, especially among teenagers. Both physicians and the MVD acknowledge that the officially registered number of drug addicts does not reflect the true picture. By their estimates, at present there are about 19,000 drug addicts in Armenia, compared to about 10,000 in 1995. By the physicians' estimates, almost one-third of their drug-addicted patients are opiate addicts. Most drug addicts choose not to apply for treatment because this automatically leads to criminal punishment. Currently, there are fewer than 300 patients officially registered at the dispensary as drug addicts, primarily males.

Corruption. Corruption is a serious impediment to efforts to stem the flow of narcotics to and through Armenia. Efforts to combat the problem of corruption have only just begun. In November, authorities arrested three employees of the MVD Narcotics Department and charged them with abuse of power, bribes and false arrest of innocent people as drug dealers. The investigation was conducted by a joint group from the Ministry of National Security and MVD. As a result of this scandal, the Chief and Deputy Chief of the MVD Narcotics Department were dismissed.

Agreements and Treaties. In addition to being a party to the 1988 UN Convention, Armenia is a party to 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances and the 1961 UN Single Convention and its 1972 Protocol. Also, Armenia signed bilateral agreements on cooperation against illicit traffic in narcotics and psychotropic substances with the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan, the Customs Committee of the Republic of Georgia, and the Customs Committee of Tajikistan. Armenia is a signatory to the 1996 Dushanbe Agreement on Narcotics Control Assistance among the Confederation of Independent States (CIS), a grouping of some of the successor countries to the former Soviet Union.

Cultivation and Production. Hemp and opium poppy grow in the wild in the northern areas of Armenia, in particular, in the Sevan Lake Basin and in nearby mountainous areas. The MVD destroyed 113 mt in 1996.

Domestic Programs/Demand Reduction. The interagency Narcotics Commission is reportedly considering the establishment of a rehabilitation center for drug addicts. The conditions at the narcotics dispensary, which is currently the only place for treatment of drug addicts, are far below acceptable standards; test methodology is outdated and medicines and staff are inadequate.
IV. US Policy Initiatives and Programs
Policy Initiatives. The USG maintains a limited dialogue with the GOA to urge it to give priority to the drug issue. Efforts focus on identifying existing problems, on possible areas of assistance, and on the need to exchange information on narcotics activities. Two officers from the Ministry of National Security and two officers from MVD participated in the regional Basic Drug Enforcement Seminar in Moscow in March 1996, organized by the DEA.
An MVD forensic chemist participated in the Forensic Chemists' Seminar in Washington.

The Road Ahead. Over the next year, the USG will encourage Armenia to expand its drug control activities and to establish the necessary legislative and institutional capabilities to ensure efficient interdiction and prosecution of narcotics traffickers.

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