Historians at the university were not able to disregard the current political situation and didn’t try to soberly and impartially describe the events of March 1, 2008. Certainly, they
were impeded by the fact that the opposition that waged an active struggle 4.5 years ago is still engaged in politics today, admittedly, enjoying an absolutely different status. However, if those historians had been more conscientious, no one would have persecuted them – times have changed. It is just that those people still have the fear that stems from the Soviet mentality.
Knowing the truth about the events of March 1 is very important and topical. I agree with the figures who claim that it will be difficult for us to move on without revealing that truth. Politics prevents describing those events legally, morally and historically. And if we talk about, for example, year 1988. Unfortunately, the political “emphases” are still tangible here too. The reasons are roughly the same; many of the pivotal figures engaged in those events are safe and sound (God grant them long life), and are mostly engaged in politics. Perhaps, that is the reason why in the same notorious book, when the author talks about the Karabakh Movement, no one from the Karabakh Committee is mentioned by name.
The history textbook is not the only thing written in that politicized style. Here is a fragment from the 2004 philosophy (?) textbook. “When freedom fighters inflamed with patriotism were ready to give their lives for the freedom of Karabakh, it was a matter of worldview. And when members of the Pan-Armenian National Movement (PANM), shouting ‘Unity, unity’ in Theater Square, seized power, robbed and destroyed the country instead of going to the front, it was also a matter of worldview. The contradiction between these two ways of behavior stems from the contradiction of their values. To the former, the country is one of the ultimate values, and to the latter, it is a source of robbery and enrichment. Robbers also ‘love’ their fatherland, but as wolves love sheep, as a tidbit.”
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It is hard for me to say whether these judgments are philosophical or not. However, those conclusions about “values” are based on the official propaganda characteristic of the second president’s tenure and a certain mythology created by some groups of the population that underwent severe difficulties at the beginning of the 1990s.
The 25th anniversary of the Karabakh Movement will be celebrated next year. Do we know everything about that movement?
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
