(L to R) The author with Vahan (Photo courtesy of Hovsep Daghdigian)
We left Shushi in Artsakh, passing Tigranakert, the remains of one of Armenian King Tigran II’s regional capitals. King Tigran ruled 95-55 B.C. I would have loved to have revisited the site, but other places were on our agenda that day.
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.
4 Comments
Thanks for the great story Hovsep.
Great story!! Thanks!
Once more: Why is there no mechanism for the diaspora to enlist in the Armenian and Arsakh army? Why is there a purposeful effort to keep diaspora out of service? Armenia and Artsakh need the diaspora to contribute now more then ever. Azerbaijan isn’t going to stop ever. They are building troops and military in Nakhchivan, which again is ancient Armenian property squatted on, that Armenia needs to also declare as Armenian lands, being readied to attack Armenia proper from the west. Its only a matter of time. WAKE UP!
Thanks for the great story Hovsep.
Great story!! Thanks!
Once more: Why is there no mechanism for the diaspora to enlist in the Armenian and Arsakh army? Why is there a purposeful effort to keep diaspora out of service? Armenia and Artsakh need the diaspora to contribute now more then ever. Azerbaijan isn’t going to stop ever. They are building troops and military in Nakhchivan, which again is ancient Armenian property squatted on, that Armenia needs to also declare as Armenian lands, being readied to attack Armenia proper from the west. Its only a matter of time. WAKE UP!
I definitely agree with you JOE