The story of two Armenian women posing with their rifles before going to battle against the Ottomans, 1895

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The story behind the famous picture of two Armenian women posing with their rifles is complicated and still mysterious. The picture was taken in 1895, during the Hamidians massacres where thousands of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were assassinated. The woman on right has been identified as Eghisapet Sultania, the other woman is still unidentified. […]