章 217: Massacre at Yerevan

Echoes of gunfire rang throughout the city of Yerevan as the screams of Ottoman soldiers accompanied them throughout the distance. At the outbreak of the Great War, and the Ottoman Empire's entry within it, the Russians had marched with full force into Ottoman Armenia. 

Their goal was clear: the liberation of the ancient Christian Kingdom, which had for too long been beneath the oppressive thumb of the Ottoman Caliphate. The Russians had initiated the Caucasus Campaign at the onset of the Great War, and in doing so had marched into the Turkish lands with a fury that few, if anyone, could have anticipated. 

Even Bruno would have never guessed just how far-reaching the butterfly effect truly was. In his past life, Russia had more or less always been a backwater power. One that had, for a variety of reasons, always lagged behind the most powerful European nations.