On April 24 , 1965 , for the first time for any such demonstration in the entire Soviet Union , 100,000 protesters held a 24-hour demonstration in front of the Opera House on the 50th anniversary of the commencement of the Armenian Genocide , and demanded that the Soviet Union government officially recognize the Armenian Genocide committed by the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire , and build a memorial in Armenia 's capital city of Yerevan to perpetuate the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide .
On April 24 , 1965 , for the first time for any such demonstration in the entire Soviet Union , one million protesters held a 24-hour demonstration in front of the Opera House , and demanded that the Soviet Union government officially recognize the Armenian Genocide committed by the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire , and build a memorial in Armenia 's capital city of Yerevan to perpetuate the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide .