YEREVAN. – The memorial devoted to the heroic battle of Musa Dagh—in modern-day Turkey—will be renovated in Armenia. The Armenian government reached this decision at Thursday’s Cabinet session.

The Ministry of Defense of Armenia will coordinate this restoration.

The ethnography museum of this battle will be renewed, too.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the battle in Musa Dagh, several cultural events are scheduled in September.

The heroic battle of the people of Musa Dagh had taken place in 1915, when the population of a number of Armenian villages around Musa Dagh had refused to obey the Ottoman Empire’s decision to deport them. As a result, these Armenians defended themselves against the Ottoman regular troops for 53 days, and without any outside help. Ultimately, French ships came to the rescue of the Musa Dagh Armenians, and took them to Egypt.