From all countries Armenians are hurrying to enter the ranks of the glorious Russian Army, with their blood to serve the victory of the Russian Army... Let the Russian flag wave freely over the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, Let your will the peoples [Armenian] remaining under the Turkish yoke receive freedom. Let the Armenian people of Turkey who have suffered for the faith of Christ received resurrection for a new free life... Shaw, Ezel Kural. History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. New York: Cambridge University Press, 314–315. o. (1977). ISBN 0-521-21280-4