Snezhana Tamrazyan, who was forcibly displaced from Artsakh and settled in Kapan, recently joined the members of the youth council attached to the head of the Kapan community, participating in volunteer work collecting necessities for compatriots displaced from Artsakh. The young girl, who barely holds back tears when she hears the name of Artsakh, has found the strength to continue her life. She told Aravot.am that after leaving Askeran, he did not regain consciousness for a long time; she was crying non-stop.
“I was constantly crying. I couldn’t do anything, but then I gathered strength and realized that people were in a worse situation than me. We had a lot of losses from the explosion at the gas station on September 25; we didn’t even have so many casualties from the war. The main part was from Askeran; many boys were killed, and many people still could not be found. Many boys are now in Yerevan with burns.
September is a cursed month for our nation. Realizing that we have so many losses we cannot return them, I decided to stand by my Artsakh people. As I supported them in Artsakh with public activities, I should also help here in any way, show that I am on their side,” says Snezhana Tamrazyan. Snezhana moved to Kapa with her parents.
First, they settled in her aunt’s house and rented a house. She is confident that the Armenian youth will still be able to change the situation. “Now I understand that no matter how many difficulties we saw, we were the happiest in Artsakh; we were in our land, we were in our home,” says our interlocutor.
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The young girl founded the “Youth Union for Justice” NGO in Artsakh. She says that after the 2020 war, young people united and implemented many projects. Their first flashmob was called: “I will live in Artsakh.” “Our flash mob was aimed at uniting not only the people of Artsakh but also our compatriots in the Diaspora and Armenia to show that life in Artsakh will continue. We, the youth, have decided to live in Artsakh.”
In November 2021, a cultural festival entitled “My Beloved Artsakh” was organized, during which more than 300 children depicted Artsakh, of course, never thinking that they would ever be forcibly displaced from their homeland. The young girl remembers that on September 19 in Stepanakert, on the way to the university with her friend, they heard voices, saw people in panic, and realized that a war had started. She hid in the basements, unable to contact her parents living in Askeran. But when she could join her parents in Askeran, they soon had to say goodbye to their hometown.
“On September 27, my second unlucky morning happened. September 27, 2020, and September 27, 2023, were the most terrible. On September 27, when it seemed that we would continue to live in Askeran, the mayor came to us and informed us that the people of Askeran should also be displaced; before that, the population of Martakert and Martuni had been displaced,” Snezhana says. Taking some clothes, they set off, and the 2-hour journey to Armenia took 28 hours.
Nune AREVSHATYAN
