Aram Manukian - Democratic Republic of Armenia and Death

Democratic Republic of Armenia and Death

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In 1918, the National Committee sent Manukian to the Yerevan area as a fully authorized representative. There he helped found the Democratic Republic of Armenia and was appointed its First Interior Minister. He was also appointed as Minister of Labor and Defense Minister from November 15, 1918 to December 13, 1918. His took part in the organizing of the Battle of Sardarapat, which repulsed a Turkish attack on the newly established independent Armenia and stops the advance towards Yerevan.

In 1919, he fell ill and died at the age of 40 and was buried at the Tokhmakh Central Cemetery.

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