Download or read book Vatican Diplomacy and the Armenian Question written by Mario Carolla and published by Gomidas Institute Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fall of the Russian Empire during WWI led to the establishment of the first Armenian Republic in the south Caucasus in 1918. This republic was born in a war torn region, barely able to defend itself against external foes. The Vatican had a special concern for this Christian republic, where many survivors of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey had also taken refuge.