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Unseen Armenia: Verin Shorzha, Nerkin Shorzha

By Hovsep Dagdigian

About a year ago I published an article on the scenic village of Ayrk in Gegharkunik province, which I visited with my friend Vova. Our vehicle at that time was incapable of traversing the hilly, unpaved roads to the nearby villages of Verin Shorzha and Nerkin Shorzha. This year, with access to an appropriate vehicle, we made it to these two villages.

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Hovsep Daghdigian

Joseph “Hovsep” Daghdigian is originally from Lowell, MA. His grandparents were from Kharpet in Western Armenia. He is active in the Merrimack Valley community and a former chairman of the AYF CE. Dagdigian is a retired electrical and software engineer with a MS in computer engineering. Dagdigian spends three to five months per year in Armenia and Artsakh exploring sites with his friend Vova Tshagharyan. His adventures are described in his “Unseen Armenia” series of articles. He, with Anahid Yeremian, co-founded the Support Committee for Armenia’s Cosmic Ray Division (SCACRD) in 2000 to support the scientists and students at the Cosmic Ray Division of the Yerevan Physics Institute (now the A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory). He lives in Harvard, MA with his wife Lisa.

3 Comments

  1. What a touching story. Thank you J D
    Beautiful locations, sad situations.
    What about the US Armenia Fund to help improve their lot.

  2. *** Thank you for this informative article, I agree with you.
    ( LONG LIVE STRONG & INDEPENDENT ARMENIA, The ancient land of beautiful people and culture.)

  3. Well done Hovsep on visiting Armenia’s villages not seen by our diaspora. We hope these villages can get outside help to build schools, community centers, & better roads to travel in. This should be more publized to the various organizations to help these small communities, otherwise they will get depopulated over the years.

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