On April 24 , 1915 , Shavarsh Krissian was one of the Armenian notables deported into the interior provinces of the Ottoman Empire as part of the Armenian genocide . He was sent to the Ayaş prison in the province of Ankara . During his prison sentence , Krissian organized gymnastic exercises . However , once news reached the deportees of Ayaş about the 20 Hunchakian gallows of 15 June 1915 , the atmosphere in the prison was abruptly changed . The prison guards viewed the gymnastic exercises with suspicion and severity . Shavarsh Krissian was eventually rounded up and killed in the outskirts of Ankara
Armenian notables deported
Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915
Shavarsh Krissian