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AN INTERESTING EPISODE, ON ARMY DAY
The first prime minister of the First Armenian Republic Hovhannes
Kajaznuni's son was killed in the battle of Gharakilisa in May 1918.
The second son died in the fights at Zangibasar, in the summer of 1920.
The third son was taken hostage during the surrender of Kars in October
1020. Kazim Karabekir took him as his driver because he was literate
and good at mechanics. He tried to run away in his car. They caught
him and sentenced him for life. When after the trial Karabekir learned
that his driver was the son of the first prime minister of Armenia,
he told him: "Your father was such a great person that he did not
make any difference between his son and other Armenian soldiers and
never did anything to relieve the situation of his son. I respect
that person and I set his son free."
Kajaznuni's fourth son lived in Moscow and though he had tuberculosis
he volunteered in the fall of 1941 together with thousands of
intellectuals and was killed in the fights.
Kajaznuni was an engineer architect. In 1024 he returned to Soviet
Armenia and taught at the University. In 1938 he was executed.
By the way, the son of the other prime minister of the First Republic
was killed in the battle at Gharakilisa.
The founder of the First Republic Aram Manukyan died of a disease,
he refused to take medicine and gave it away to the poor, he wore
old shoes and clothes.
In extreme difficulty the founders and heads of the First Republic
were able to build a state serving an example. They were aware of
simple things - if we rely on ourselves, we will win. And they built
the state. If they did not succeed, Armenia would not exist now.
The science of history, first under the Bolshevists, then
the All-Armenian Movement, tried to show the "foolishness and
short-sightedness" of these people and so on. The fact is that the
First Republic was destroyed from inside, through different political
groups and commanders hired by Moscow who disorganized the state
institutions for the sake of the world revolution and friendship
of peoples.
In other words, something similar to the ongoing situation was
taking place then. In addition, the ARF currently also supports the
"friendship of peoples".
Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief 12:00 28/01/2014 Story from
Lragir.am News: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/society/view/31815
From: Baghdasarian
The first prime minister of the First Armenian Republic Hovhannes
Kajaznuni's son was killed in the battle of Gharakilisa in May 1918.
The second son died in the fights at Zangibasar, in the summer of 1920.
The third son was taken hostage during the surrender of Kars in October
1020. Kazim Karabekir took him as his driver because he was literate
and good at mechanics. He tried to run away in his car. They caught
him and sentenced him for life. When after the trial Karabekir learned
that his driver was the son of the first prime minister of Armenia,
he told him: "Your father was such a great person that he did not
make any difference between his son and other Armenian soldiers and
never did anything to relieve the situation of his son. I respect
that person and I set his son free."
Kajaznuni's fourth son lived in Moscow and though he had tuberculosis
he volunteered in the fall of 1941 together with thousands of
intellectuals and was killed in the fights.
Kajaznuni was an engineer architect. In 1024 he returned to Soviet
Armenia and taught at the University. In 1938 he was executed.
By the way, the son of the other prime minister of the First Republic
was killed in the battle at Gharakilisa.
The founder of the First Republic Aram Manukyan died of a disease,
he refused to take medicine and gave it away to the poor, he wore
old shoes and clothes.
In extreme difficulty the founders and heads of the First Republic
were able to build a state serving an example. They were aware of
simple things - if we rely on ourselves, we will win. And they built
the state. If they did not succeed, Armenia would not exist now.
The science of history, first under the Bolshevists, then
the All-Armenian Movement, tried to show the "foolishness and
short-sightedness" of these people and so on. The fact is that the
First Republic was destroyed from inside, through different political
groups and commanders hired by Moscow who disorganized the state
institutions for the sake of the world revolution and friendship
of peoples.
In other words, something similar to the ongoing situation was
taking place then. In addition, the ARF currently also supports the
"friendship of peoples".
Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief 12:00 28/01/2014 Story from
Lragir.am News: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/society/view/31815
From: Baghdasarian