Հնչակեանների գործունէութիւնը 1917ի ռուսական յեղափոխութիւնների շրջանում (1917 Փետրուար-1918 Մայիս)
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2017
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The 1917 February revolution in Tsarist Russia gave a further stimulus to the Hnchakyan Party. The party welcomed the overthrow of the tsarist regime and supported the policies of the Provisional Government.
However, the party was not unified in its views. The fate of Western Armenia further fueled ideological differences.
The Western Armenian Hnchakyans were against the activity of Bolsheviks, who called for the withdrawal of the Russian army from the Russo-Turkish battlefronts. Such a withdrawal would leave the Armenians undefended against the Turkish nationalists who had committed genocide against the Western Armenians. Besides, such an act would render the establishment of Armenian governance over Western Armenia and Cilicia almost impossible. Indeed, for the Western Armenian Hnchakyans the most eminent issue was the liberation of Western Armenia from the Turks.
On the other hand, most of the Eastern Armenian Hnchakyans were inclined towards the social democrat Mensheviks, while others were inclined towards the Bolsheviks. In order to resolve these outstanding issues a party conference was held in Tiflis in June 1917. The Conference came up with a new policy platform for the Party.
Against the backdrop of the messy conditions of the Armenians lived in during the February 1917 Russian revolution and the mixed and conflictual views they had regarding the ongoing political developments, the article analyses the steps taken by the Social Democrat Hnchak Party leadership in upholding the rights of the Armenians.
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Յովհաննիսեան, Գ., «Հնչակեանների գործունէութիւնը 1917ի ռուսական յեղափոխութիւնների շրջանում (1917 Փետրուար-1918 Մայիս)», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2017, Պէյրութ, էջ 187-206