14:37 . 13/06
The population of 21,000 of Shahumayn region and of Getashen sub-region was forcibly displaced by Azerbaijani bandits 20 years ago and 21 years ago, respectively. 18 Armenian villages of northern Artsakh were occupied by the enemy and still remain occupied by the Azerbaijani armed forces.
Now already casting a sober look at the history, the specialists note: there has been a period when Azerbaijan’s forces exceeded ours. In June 1992, when the enemy launched a large-scale attack on Shahumyan region, there was no enough military equipment for defense. The deputy head of the Literature Institute Vardan Devrikyan states: under the threat of weapon and death the population migrated from their homeland and spread all over the world.
“Shahumyan’s fall was a blunt blow and very few people can know the real reason, or maybe it was a special conspiracy, a global political issue. In any case, it was noticed with a naked eye the enemy had advantage at that moment in terms of military equipment and our defense system had exhausted itself in a sense. And it is not casual that a transfer took place from the detachment system to a defense army after Shahumyan’s fall,” Devrikyan said.
“Especially the churches and the cemeteries are viewed as kinds of monuments which more acutely prove the Armenian origin and they are becoming a target for destroying. In Shahumyan region there are several bridges and fountains, which they don’t destroy. They just get rid of the construction minutes and continue to make use of the fountains or the bridges built by Armenians,” monument specialist Samvel Karapetyan said.
