Trebizond Campaign

The Trebizond Campaign, also known as the Battle of Trebizond, was a series of successful Russian naval and land operations that resulted in the capture of Trabzon.

Operations began on February 5 and concluded when the Ottoman troops abandoned Trabzon on the night of April 15, 1916.

[1] Prior to World War I, the vibrant Armenian community of Trabzon numbered 30,000.

[4] In 1915, during the Armenian genocide, they were massacred and deported.

[4] After the Russian capture of Trabzon, some 500 surviving Armenians were able to return,[4] as well as Armenian monks of the Kaymakli Monastery.

Trabzon Mayor Ioannis Triftanidis & Greek Orthodox metropolitan Chrysanthos welcoming Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich who entered the city with the Russian Caucasus Army (April 1916).
Illustration of the capture of Trabzon by the Russian army. Published by The Sphere on April 29, 1916.
Cemal Kazancı, a 13 years-old Turkish resistance fighter from Orta Mahalle of Akçaabat during the defence of Trabzon.