The story of a family who fled NK After the hostilities in September 2023, all Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh as soon as Azerbaijan unblocked the Lachin corridor. Tatev Mikayelyan, one of the residents of the village of Nerkin Sznek (Ashagi Yemishchan, as it is called by Azerbaijanis) tells the story of her family. Her relatives and...
Volunteer assistance to refugees from NK Volunteers were the first to welcome displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenia. Since September 24, when Azerbaijan unblocked the Lachin corridor, more than 100,000 people have entered Armenia. And thousands of volunteers have been helping people arriving in Armenia day and night to get food, clothes, medicines. As soon as...
Armenian soldier after the war Based on the film “Second Life on Wheels” by Hayk Navasardyan. In the south of Armenia, there are many butterflies among the rocks near the city of Meghri. Until recently, 30 year old Vardan Vardanyan could not have imagined that his future would be with...
War veterans in Armenia Veterans of the war in Armenia often avoid seeking psychological help, hindered by both glorification and stereotypes. Mikael (not his real name), who fought in the 44-Day War, often suffers from nightmares. “He gets nervous, sometimes even aggressive. He isolats himself, jumps at loud noises, he...
Second Karabakh war survivors “I got wounded on October 25th. First, I was taken by ambulance to the Stepanakert hospital, and from there to Yerevan, to the Erebuni medical center. I couldn’t feel half of my body and I already knew what had happened“. Gevorg Karapetyan graduated from the Vazgen...
People and Karabakh conflict Helen Muradyan lives in Yerevan and shares her story with the Trajectories project. The war accompanies me literally from the first days of my life since I was born during the first Krabakh war – in 1992. Then there were still two years left before the end...
Second Karabakh war doctors During the 44-day Armenian-Azerbaijani war in Karabakh in 2020, Hakob Khachatryan was one of those who were saving people, not killing them. Faithful to his professional duty, he helped whom he could, regardless of whether they were Armenian or Azerbaijani – regardless of nationality in general. Surgeon...
The nearest place to Baku and Yerevan where Armenians and Azerbaijanis can be friends is Tbilisi. Bakuvian Rakhila has been living here for 8 years, and her circle of contacts consists mostly of Armenians. But how to make friends with those whom you were taught, as a child, to see...
