People

You can meet gypsies everywhere, but there are only few gypsies in Armenia. After the collapse of the Soviet Union they moved to more developed countries. They stay wherever it is good for them. Post-soviet Armenia was poor and the gypsies that told fortunes of people for money were not interested in Armenia any more. …

Oshin Eghiazaryan is a happy and optimistic person. His hobbies and optimistic expectations have no limits. He hates the word “culture” and says that “culture is the death of arts”. If I could speak to Oshin more, I am sure I would learn much more from him… But this was enough to find out how …

There was a tragic accident in Yerevan on September 16, 1976. A trolley bus fell into the water with a lot of passengers in it when crossing the Bridge of Yerevan Lake. The 92 passengers inside the trolley-bus could have died because the weather was cold then and they were stuck in the trolley-bus because …

The earthquake of 1988 in Armenia echoed throughout the world. Millions of people wanted to help the victims of this terrible earthquake by lending a hand to the people that had been left homeless and had nowhere to stay during the cold winter. The photographs taken during those dark days were the silent witnesses, which …

In 2001, the “Valencia” company organized a bullfight in Yerevan for the first time ever. The bulls and bullfighters had arrived from Spain. The bullfight was a unique event; we had only heard about bullfights or seen them in films. The organizers promised that the people who would buy tickets for the bullfight at the …

Mkhitar Khachatryan is one of the “happy” photographers of the “Photolur” agency who has taken photos of Cher during her visit to Armenia. It was a dark and cold year and only a couple of years had passed since the earthquake. Cher’s (Cheriline Sargsyan) visit to Armenia drew the attention of the people who had …

This is painter and dancer Onik Sahakyan, who has been a friend of Dali for about 20 years. He is a unique and talented individual with a flexible body and eyes that express everything. Onik Sahakyan was born in Tehran and has attended the dance school named after the famous ballet master Elena Avetisyan. After …

We met with singer Aram Asatryan in one of the cafes in Glendale. I had met him before and we had talked about his songs, and each time I saw him I sensed a deep pain in his eyes and melancholy. You can feel that in his songs too. Aram’s songs are now more on …

During wartime, Ruben Saghatelyan used to call his team the FPC. When people ask him what does the abbreviation stand for, he says that it means Fresh Produce for the City. However, everyone knows that that is an insult to Turks. Ruben Saghatelyan has a couple of nicknames, such as Arunk Petrovich (his name in …

“We do not forget our history. We, the “Armenian Navy Band” members do not have any enemies. We go to play in Turkey, as well as other countries. Whatever I say here is translated in Turkish there because if you want something to end you have to let it out, talk and state what it …