Sose Mayrig ( hy, Սօսէ Մայրիկ, 1868 – 1953), born Sose Vartanian, () was an

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n female '' fedayee'', the wife of famous

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leader Aghbiur Serob. She was surnamed ''"mayrig"'' (mother) by Serop's hajduks for her bravery and maternal concern for Armenian youth. She participated in the many fedayee battles. In 1898, after the battle of Babshen, Sose and Serop fled to

Sassoun Sason ( hy, Սասուն, translit=Sasun, ku, Qabilcewz, ar, قبل جوز; formerly known as Sasun or Sassoun) is a district and town in the Batman Province of Turkey. It was formerly part of the sanjak of Siirt, which was in Diyarbakır vi ...

. In 1899, along with her son, Serop and his brothers, she participated in the battle against Kurdish brigands: Serop, their sons and Serop's brothers were killed while Sose Mayrig was wounded. After the Sasun uprising in 1904, she moved to Van and then to the

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. Another son of Sose Mayrig and Serop was killed during the massacre in

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. From 1920, Sose Mayrig lived in

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, then in

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(

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), where she died in 1953. Her remains were later moved to the

Yerablur Yerablur ( hy, Եռաբլուր, translation=based on three hills) or Yerablur Military Pantheon is a military cemetery located on a hilltop in the outskirts of Yerevan, Armenia. Since 1988, Yerablur has become the burial place of Armenian soldie ...

military cemetery in

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External links

''Hayuhi'' magazine about Sose MayrigSose Mayrig by Homenetmen
1868 births 1952 deaths Armenian fedayi Armenian nationalists Armenian people of World War I Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Burials at Yerablur

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