Original sentence: Also, Armenians were being forcibly relocated from Zeitun in March of 1915, months before the Tehcir Law was passed.Among the most significant were Zeytun, Sasun, Van and Adana rebellions which cost Ottomans dearly as they were at the time already fighting major wars (Battle of Gallipoli, Battle of Mesopotamia) on multiple fronts and had no resources to spare or cope with these massive disturbances behind the front lines.Armenian attacks on Muslim towns which were already depleted of their male populations caused much death and destruction, aggravated the population, sped up the Ottoman Empire's chaotic disintigration and created ever-lasting animosities.Especially the Russo-Turkish War, which resulted in the formation of an independent Bulgaria, provided a model for other aspiring nationalists and revolutionaries.Hinchak and Dashnak, Armenian revolutionary committees were formed in Eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire following the Berlin Treaty,which were very much under direct Russian threat.However, according to Rafael de Nogales, Ottoman commander of the artillery at Van, the Armenians’ posture was defensive and in response to the massacres being committed in villages surrounding Van.The decline of the Ottoman Empire in part was the result and in part the cause of spread of nationalism among various groups that made up the multi-ethnic and multi-religion Empire.Yet, this is contrasted by Fâ'iz el-Ghusein, who stated, "I have enquired of many Armenians whom I have met, but I have not found one who said that he desired political independence.." With direct and over military Russian support, a number of Armenian armed revolts against the Ottoman rule between 1890 and 1915