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Today Kars does not cease to warm Armenians
12:56, 4 July, 2012
YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS: Kars, the tenth capital of Armenia,
despite being under the rule of the Turks for nearly a century,
continues to call back its natives.
The Armenian spirit is felt next to the Turkish buildings and streets
once being Armenian.
Armenpress reporter traveled to Western Armenia, visited historical
Armenian cities and shared with impressions.
" Kars' streets resembled Armenian second largest city Gyumry. In Kars
we admired Kars fortress: built in mediaeval it still had not lost
its impregnable appearance. The arsenal and the stables for horses
were preserved. Yet the flag flying on the top of the fortress,
depicting Ataturk picture next to it, cannon deployed at the heart of
the square continually reminded about the fact that the powerful
fortress was no longer ours.
Leaving the city we passed over Vardan bridge, a few meters away
situated the house of Armenian great poet Charents, in an extremely
poor condition. There are yet no groundless facts that Charents house
had already been turned to the ground.
No matter how the reality differs from the dreams, the call of your
ancestors make you turn a backward look at the past, at your
historical homeland, at Western Armenia".
Travelled Araks Kasyan
12:56, 4 July, 2012
YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS: Kars, the tenth capital of Armenia,
despite being under the rule of the Turks for nearly a century,
continues to call back its natives.
The Armenian spirit is felt next to the Turkish buildings and streets
once being Armenian.
Armenpress reporter traveled to Western Armenia, visited historical
Armenian cities and shared with impressions.
" Kars' streets resembled Armenian second largest city Gyumry. In Kars
we admired Kars fortress: built in mediaeval it still had not lost
its impregnable appearance. The arsenal and the stables for horses
were preserved. Yet the flag flying on the top of the fortress,
depicting Ataturk picture next to it, cannon deployed at the heart of
the square continually reminded about the fact that the powerful
fortress was no longer ours.
Leaving the city we passed over Vardan bridge, a few meters away
situated the house of Armenian great poet Charents, in an extremely
poor condition. There are yet no groundless facts that Charents house
had already been turned to the ground.
No matter how the reality differs from the dreams, the call of your
ancestors make you turn a backward look at the past, at your
historical homeland, at Western Armenia".
Travelled Araks Kasyan