“Thinking about Kuchak and Isahakyan, I realize that both of them captivated me. I loved Isahakyan dearly… Isahakyan is a first-class poet – perhaps, there is no such fresh and direct talent in all of Europe now.” Alexander Blok, Russian poet and translator “There is a tear in Isahakyan’s works… And this gives his poems …
At the first stage of the Artaskh liberation movement, Leonid Azgaldyan was engaged in the preparation of Artsakh boys for sabotage work. The Artsakh war is a separate issue. It must probably mature, and a generation of its true chroniclers is yet to come. With these chroniclers, the role of the people who’ve prepared for …
For the first time, we met Monte in Shahumyan. I, Father Grikor Markosyan, and Shahen Meghryan stood near the Surb Astvatsatsin Church, watching the restoration work on the interior decoration of the temple. Monte approached us – he had arrived with his squad to defend Shahumyan. Shahen Meghryan introduced us. Monte introduced himself as Avo. …
Movses Kaghankatvatsi was a 7th-century Armenian historian and the author or editor of “The History of the Country of Aghvank.” This work tells about the historian’s native lands. “The History of the Country of Aghvank” is a unique work, in fact – it is the only source on the history of Caucasian Albanians. Kaghankatvatsi’s work …
Chess Pawns. Mher Mkrtchyan liked to animate objects. Here is what he said about chess pawns: “When I look at pawns, when I think about their fate, by golly, I am reduced to tears. For a single soldier to reach the eighth horizontal, it is necessary that almost all the others sacrifice themselves. For the …
“Warrior! Die a glorious death so that your native land does not feel shame, accepting your body. The best decoration for a brave man is a wound received on the battlefield. Cowards die on the battlefield from a random, “blind” bullet. Victories are won not by quantity but by quality. Attack without asking about the …
“Yes, there was a time when Armenia stretched from sea to sea and beyond, a time when luck crowned the victorious Armenian forehead with pink fingers. But, alas, nothing lasts forever under the sun. A nation that swiftly rises up must be toppled with a crash. A nation is destined to gradually lose its power …
Garo Kahkejian arrived in Armenia in 1989 when the Artsakh movement was just beginning. He was one of those who left their prosperous life in America, not seeing any heroism in it. We met with him a few days before his departure for Artsakh. The conversation lasted about forty minutes, as a result of which …
The secret operation “Wedding in the Mountains” (storming Shushi) was waiting in the wings. But until its commencement, fierce battles were fought in other fronts of the conflict. On May 7, 1994, Azerbaijanis tried to storm an outpost on top of Omar several times. Recounting his comrades, Artsvi Gaboyan, a veteran from the Mantash volunteer …
Kristapor Ivanyan laid the foundations of the Artsakh Defense Army and its combat training system. The high training of Armenian artillery is possible thanks to the artillery school that was laid by Kristapor Ivanyan. Ivanyan was a participant and award bearer of the Great Patriotic War. He arrived in Artsakh to fight in the Artsakh …
Armenians and Italians are very similar – this is expressed in many things. I live in Gyumri, I have acquired one of the most beautiful buildings of the city dating to the 1800s. Here are houses, workshops, hotels, parks. I have seen Armenia in Soviet times, I have seen it during the war, I see …
“In Armenia, everyone seems to know such things. It seems that in Armenia, there is no beginning to history – it has always been. And during its eternal existence, it has consecrated every stone and every step. There is probably no village that hasn’t been a capital of an ancient state, there are no hills …
The film “The Look of Charles” was presented at the Francophonie Festival in the French city of Angouleme on August 25. The author of this film was the great French chansonnier Charles Aznavour. The film scheduled for a public premiere on October 2 was brought to life thanks to director Marc di Domenico. In 1948, …
Mher Dzhulachyan was born on November 28, 1967, in the capital of Lebanon, the city of Beirut. Mher since childhood has been brought up with a patriotic spirit. At school, Mher was the most talented student, especially in linguistics. By the age of 16, this ordinary Armenian boy was fluent in 4 languages. His passion …
Syunik continued its wonderful and difficult struggle which was carried out not in the name of saving part of our people or liberating the inalienable part of Armenia – this double goal had already been achieved – but in the name of the Armenian intelligentsia that, persecuted and traumatized by the Bolsheviks, took refuge in …
Artak Sargsyan heroically died on January 23, 2015, during the repelling of enemy sabotage in the direction of the positions of the military unit of the city of Berd in Tavush Province. Thanks to the selfless actions of Artak, the enemy was repulsed back out of our borders. At that time, the names of three …
The first speech of the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Hovhannes Kajaznuni was made on August 3, 1918, at the second session of the parliament. The Prime Minister read the following government statement: “My government is starting to work in extremely difficult conditions. The government was called upon to exercise executive power …
Andrei Nuikin in the afterword of Viktor Krivopuskov’s book “Rebellious Karabakh” wrote: “And if the pan-Turkists did not succeed in isolating the immense expanses of the Great Turan during the first wave of the chaotic collapse of the USSR, then I take the liberty of asserting that it happened only because Karabakh warriors stood in …