Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A reader of newly unearthed archival documents made by the Soviet consulate in 1940's Turkey. These primary sources include consular correspondence, demographic information, a review of Turkish and Armenian press, and most importantly oral testimony of Armenian survivors of the 1915 genocide living in both Istanbul and the provinces sharing their stories while seeking to emigrate to Soviet Armenia. Includes a critical introduction and the original Russian language sources in an appendix"--