On 15 March 1921, Armenian student Soghomon Tehlirian killed Talaat Pasha—former grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the main architect of the Armenian genocide—in Berlin. At his trial, Tehlirian a
Courtroom during the trial
The corpses of Armenians beside a road, a common sight along deportation routes
Talaat Pasha
Russian soldiers pictured in the former Armenian village of Sheykhalan (modern day Eğirmeç) near Muş, 1915
Soghomon Tehlirian
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Soghomon Tehlirian was an Armenian revolutionary and soldier who killed Talaat Pasha, the former Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, in Berlin on March 15, 1921. He was entrusted to carry out the assa
Assassination of Talaat Pasha
…On 15 March 1921, Armenian student Soghomon Tehlirian killed Talaat Pasha—former grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the main architect of the Armenian genocide—in Berlin. At his trial, Tehlirian argued…
Tehlirian in 1921
Soghomon (right), Sahak, and Misak Tehlirian (brothers) as volunteers in the Russian army
Soghomon Tehlirian monument on his grave in Ararat Cemetery in Fresno, California (erected in 1969). The monument incorrectly listed his date of birth as April 15, 1896 (pictured in 2009).
The renovated Soghomon Tehlirian monument in 2022. As of February 2025, the cemetery's website still listed the incorrect birthdate.