Original sentence: As this was one the first major Armenian revolts wich also took place while the Ottomans had engaged Great Powers at multiple fronts, it was a key factor in the government's decision to forcibly remove the Armenian population from Eastern Anatolia.Many of the Muslim residents of Van who could not escape the Russian invasion in the blizzard conditions of winter of 1915 were killed by the rebelling Armenians.The city Muslim population was also devastated and brutalized during World War I when an Armenian armed revolt was followed by Russian invasion of the city and then re-taking by Ottomans and changing hands twice more before the armistice