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STEPAN SHAUMIAN'S HOUSE IS FALLING APART
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/07/27/tigran-piloyan
Only a vane has remained untouched in one of the gardens in Yerevan's
Arami street. The garden belonged to the Piloyans family who were
expelled from their homes in the name of "public interest."
Tigran Piloyan says he had 40 fruit trees, 60 Dutch roses, lilac
and vanes which were razed to the ground in one day. The area was
alienated five years ago but so far no construction has been carried
out on the site.
"Look how the site which was abandoned in 2006 looks today," said
Piloyan.
Then he recalled the words of Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement
Service employees, who visited them on March 13, 2006.
"They apologized to me and said that they had evicted many families,
but they had never seen such a well-maintained house with a magnificent
garden," said the former owner.
Each square meter of the land was valued at $250 and each square
meter of the house - at $434.
"Everywhere in the globe land is more expensive than a building. But
here, in the heart of the Armenian capital, my land was valued at $
250," said Piloyan.
He appealed the decision in different courts, including the European
Court of Human Rights.
Piloyan says the area has been privatized by the President of the
Union of Armenians of Russia, Ara Abrahamyan. The house formerly
belonged to revolutionary Stepan Shaumian.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/07/27/tigran-piloyan
Only a vane has remained untouched in one of the gardens in Yerevan's
Arami street. The garden belonged to the Piloyans family who were
expelled from their homes in the name of "public interest."
Tigran Piloyan says he had 40 fruit trees, 60 Dutch roses, lilac
and vanes which were razed to the ground in one day. The area was
alienated five years ago but so far no construction has been carried
out on the site.
"Look how the site which was abandoned in 2006 looks today," said
Piloyan.
Then he recalled the words of Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement
Service employees, who visited them on March 13, 2006.
"They apologized to me and said that they had evicted many families,
but they had never seen such a well-maintained house with a magnificent
garden," said the former owner.
Each square meter of the land was valued at $250 and each square
meter of the house - at $434.
"Everywhere in the globe land is more expensive than a building. But
here, in the heart of the Armenian capital, my land was valued at $
250," said Piloyan.
He appealed the decision in different courts, including the European
Court of Human Rights.
Piloyan says the area has been privatized by the President of the
Union of Armenians of Russia, Ara Abrahamyan. The house formerly
belonged to revolutionary Stepan Shaumian.
From: A. Papazian