103 Jahre seit der Ermordung von Enver Pasha, dem zentralen Architekt des Völkermords des Armenierns
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103 Jahre seit der Ermordung von Enver Pasha, dem zentralen Architekt des Völkermords des Armenierns
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background:
> Operation Nemesis was a program of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) whose aim was to assassinate Ottoman perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide and Azerbaijani officials most responsible for the massacres. Masterminded by Shahan Natalie, Armen Garo, and Aaron Sachaklian, it was symbolically named after the Greek goddess of divine retribution, Nemesis.
Enver Pasha, a central architect of the Armenian Genocide, temporarily escaped retribution during the official scope of Operation Nemesis. While the assassination of Enver was not a sanctioned target of that operation, vengeance found him nonetheless—delivered not by design but by will.
Hakob Melkumyan, a commander from Artsakh, took matters into his own hands. A seasoned soldier and resolute patriot, Melkumyan had no need for directives to know what had to be done. His personal mission of justice led to one of the most decisive moments of Armenian retribution in the post-genocide era.
The two men first faced each other during the Battle of Sarikamish. Enver, defeated and desperate, managed to escape—ironically aided by Armenian conscripts serving in the Ottoman ranks. Their paths would cross again under very different circumstances.
By 1919, Melkumyan had risen to command the 1st Brigade of the Turkestan Division. He played a crucial role in capturing Bukhara and dismantling the Basmachi insurgency. Enver Pasha, by then a fugitive and ideological relic, had resurfaced in Central Asia in 1921 to lead the Basmach movement—an ill-fated attempt to revive his shattered ambitions.
Soviet intelligence tracked Enver’s movements, and Moscow issued an order: capture him alive. Melkumyan, aware of the target’s identity and driven by moral clarity, refused. “You have not found me,” he replied to the command center—effectively cutting the leash. In a separate message, he told the intelligence chief: “I only need Enver dead.”
On August 4, 1922, as the Red Army advanced, chaos spread through the Basmach forces. Enver fled into the mountains, but flight brought no salvation. Hakob Melkumyan caught up with him and delivered the final blow. Enver Pasha died at 40—his end marked not by the empire he tried to resurrect but by an Armenian officer who saw through the lies of mercy and neutrality.
This act did not formally close the books of Nemesis, but it stood as a profound and unequivocal instance of Armenian justice carried out on the battlefield.
Always nice to see bastards getting what they deserved. 👍
Can’t say I feel sorry for him.He wasn’t that competent of a general either.
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At first glance I thought this was something to do with the show Black Adder. lol thought it was Rowan Atkinson.
and these turkish nationalists are prasing him lol
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I thought it’s Rowan Atkinson
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He died when he was fighting with russians at Caucasus.
Talat Pasha was assassinated in Berlin.
Maybe today’s the day of assassination of netagyahu.
Architect of the current genocide
The hate on turks in Eu sub is another level. Turkish posts gets deleted yet whomever posting against turkey is being praised.
“Unionist die, unionism never dies” he famously said.
As a Turkish I don’t see him as a hero or something, if anything, he was not a competent general and a politician, and single handedly brought the empire to an end.
I guess only good thing he did was to liberate Azerbaijan, which was also nullified later on with the red army’s occupation.
Armenian horror story <3
I’m confused, he was the only one or the Three Pashas to not be assassinated?
> All three met violent deaths after the war—Talaat and Cemal were assassinated by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation as part of Operation Nemesis, whilst Enver died leading the Basmachi Revolt near Dushanbe, present-day Tajikistan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Pashas
RIP