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Gevorgyan Armine is the heroine of our new story
— I lived in Artsakh , Martuni for 31 years .
Armine was born , grew up in Artsakh , married in the village of Karmir Shuka , has one son . The parents are from Artsakh, the mother is from Taghavart , the father is from Martuni.
The parents lived there until the 44- day war , after which they moved to Stepanakert.
During the siege, the relations between the villagers were warm , they shared pain and sorrow together . They helped each other with food products . They overcame the difficulties of the siege with united forces .
It is difficult to speak from the blockade , it is difficult to speak
– We have seen many cruel days , but …
When they were in their native land, they did not think about difficulties . It is completely different when you face these difficulties on the land on which you were born and raised . You can face any trials and difficulties in your native land .
– Every morning , as soon as it was light , we went to the market to see what was on the market . We used to buy tomatoes , candy or something else that was available in the market at that time …
It is already difficult to pretend that you are going to the market not for a specific product , but for an existing product , there is no choice . Basically , purchases , in particular, bread , were bought with coupons , each person received approximately half a loaf of bread . The situation of the families where there were many children was more complicated , naturally , most of them were allocated to the children so that they would not go hungry , and they often spent the night hungry .
They did not think that after so many deprivations , they would one day leave their native land , they did not believe that one day they would leave their native land. On their way back, they left in their own car. At that time , the husband and the husband’s brother were in the service .
– My husband and my husband’s brother had gasoline saved for a difficult day …
It seems that that sad day had arrived , and already that gasoline was going to be used to leave one’s own land , homeland , graves …
During the evacuation, they left in their own car , that is, they carried out the transportation with their own forces. And the parents, the mother , father and sisters left with the groom in their car. The younger sister’s husband was also a soldier who fought heroically in all wars . He died in a gasoline explosion .
The story was a bit mixed , after the explosion Nero ( sister’s husband ) called his brother and told that he got burns due to the explosion and that he was being taken to the hospital. In the hospital , they didn’t know that Nero’s heart had stopped , and since his condition was getting worse , they took him to Armenia by helicopter , but in the sky of Armenia , in the helicopter , Nero had a cardiac arrest.
Studying the stories of deportation of Karabakh Armenians , we understand that it was difficult to bring the body of the deceased to Armenia in those days. Many Artsakh residents did not manage to transport the bodies of their relatives to Armenia .
After being transported by helicopter to Goris , 8 days, Nero’s relatives did not have any information , then the brother was found in Goris after searching .
Nero Melkumyan died at the age of 34 .
Nero Melkumyan , a name that during the conversation transferred me to Artsakh , Jebrail , military service . It is more difficult to write down the story about Nero , because a few years ago we used to go up to the Jebraili strongholds of Artsakh together , we served together … I got to know Nero in a short time . He was modest , self-confident , patriotic … It is difficult to describe a person like Nero in words …
It’s even more complicated when you talk about Nero in the past tense … In Artsakh, they left the graves of their grandparents , the house , everything remained in Artsakh. They came out empty , without anything . Currently, they live in Ararat region , they do not work , because they got health problems due to stress . Armine was interrupted . Armine confidently says that he will work when he recovers .
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