Between one and two thousand Armenians are believed to have been killed in the Trebizond vilajet during the Hamidian massacres of 1895 . While this number was low in comparison to other Ottoman provinces , its impact on the Armenian community in the city was large . Many prominent Armenian residents , among them scholars , musicians , photographers and painters , decided to migrate towards the Russian Empire or France . The large Greek population of the city was not affected by the massacre . Due to the high number of Western-Europeans in the city , news from the region was being reported on in many European newspapers . These western newspapers were in turn also very popular among the residents of the city
Hamidian massacres
Hamidian massacres
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