Stories

The last war in Nagorno-Karabakh: One family’s story

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...

“I think we have done everything” – volunteers in Armenia rally to aid Karabakh Armenians, photo story

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...

The adventures of an Azerbaijani in Armenia

Azerbaijani travels to Armenia “In the passport control line at the Zvartnots airport in Yerevan, which looks very spacious and somehow festive, my anxiety reared its head. I looked at the faces of the border guards trying to guess which of them was kindest. I was directed to one of...

An Armenian-Azerbaijani life of wandering

A life of wandering “There are no photos where dad and mom are together. They collected photos in one album. When we moved, our things were moved to my grandmother’s house, and then there was a fire and the album was destroyed. “Pictures” of Emil’s mother and father together remained...

“Cherry kebab” on the platform

Azerbaijani IDPs In Soviet times, the railway settlement of Minjivan in the Zangilan region of Azerbaijan was a busy transport hub, where trains went from Baku to Yerevan and Norashen, and from Moscow to Tehran. Vafa Farajeva spent her childhood and youth in this village. Later, in 1993 during the...