English:
I made this drawing because of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, the massive extermination of Armenian people by the Ottoman government, which went from 1915 to 1923. It is considered as the first genocide in the 20th century, and the total number of people killed as a result has been estimated at between 1.5 and 2 million. The 95% of the Armenian culture was destroyed (churches, schools, cities and villages) and the 80% of the Armenian territorry was usurped by the Ottomans.
The starting date is conventionally held to be April 24th, and this year the flower of Forget-Me-Not has been chosen as the symbol to commemorate the ce