Adır Island
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ad-r-island-167-5646037
title:
Adır Island
text:
Adır Island or Lim Island, is the largest island in Lake Van, located in the northeastern side of the lake. During the Armenian genocide upwards of 12,000 Armenian women and children, crossed to the isle over a period of three days while a few dozen men covered their retreat from Hamidiye regiments. The Situation became soon critical because of a lack of food. Lim Monastery was built by Armenians over the centuries on the island, with Armenian sources indicating the monastery was already founded
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Largest island in Lake Van in Turkey
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C4%B1r_Island
date created:
2009-10-28T23:15:56Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T10:31:42Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Lim_Island.png","width":240,"height":173}
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13
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16