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  • Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte Awarded Armenia's 'Mkhitar Gosh' Medal

    ANNA ASTVATSATURIAN TURCOTTE AWARDED ARMENIA'S 'MKHITAR GOSH' MEDAL

    Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte

    YEREVAN-On the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the declaration
    of the independence of the Republic of Armenia, President Serzh
    Sarkissian signed a decree dated September 16, awarding Anna
    Astvatsaturian-Turcotte the "Mkhitar Gosh" medal for her services
    aiming at strengthening relations between Armenia and the Diaspora
    as well as her contributions to maintain Armenian identity.

    The Mkhitar Gosh Medal rewards exceptional achievements in the
    political-social spheres, as well as outstanding efforts in the fields
    of diplomacy, law and political science.

    In 1988, Anna was a ten year-old girl living in the city of Baku. But
    her life was swept away as the majority Azeri population drove the
    Armenians out of the country using terror and violence. Her family was
    forced to flee for their lives to Armenia, which was still reeling
    from the massive earthquake of 1986 and an economic and political
    blockade imposed on it by its neighbors, and was unprepared for the
    hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Azeri-orchestrated pogroms.

    In Armenia, the Astvatsaturians faced harsh conditions living in an
    unheated basement until 1992, when the family moved to the United
    States. During these years Anna kept a diary that she published in
    June 2012 in a book titled Nowhere, a Story of Exile. In 2013, Anna
    Astvatsaturian-Turcotte played an important role in the official
    recognition of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic by the US State of Maine.

    Electronic or print copies of Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte's
    book Nowhere, a Story of Silence can be obtained by writing
    [email protected] or through Amazon.com.

    http://asbarez.com/114580/anna-astvatsaturian-turcotte-awarded-armenia%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98mkhitar-gosh%E2%80%99-medal/

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