In addition to these provisions , a secret clause obligated the Armenians and Russians to demobilize their forces in both western and eastern Armenia . Having killed and deported most of Armenians of Western Armenia during the Armenian Genocide , the Ottoman Empire intended to eliminate the Armenian population of Eastern Armenia . Shortly after the signing of Brest-Litovsk the Turkish army began its advance , taking Erzurum in March and Kars in April , which the Transcaucasian government of Nikolay Chkheidze had ordered soldiers to abandon . Beginning on May 21 , the Ottoman army moved ahead again
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
First Republic of Armenia