Sardarapat Memorial is a symbol of pride and survival , the Sardarapat Memorial marks the place of Armenia 's successful last-ditch effort to save the nation from obliteration at the hands of the Turks in the Battle of Sardarapat on May 22 – 26 , 1918 . Against tremendous odds , and during the haunting backdrop of genocide during the previous few years , Armenia 's makeshift army rebuffed the Turkish troops and safeguarded the small portion of historic Armenia , what became the current republic as it stands today . On the grounds of the historic battle one can today visit the Sardarapat Ethnography and Liberation Movement History Museum adjacent to the outdoor monument
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