Gagik Patvakanyan, born in a mining region, earns his living at the Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine and wants to develop agriculture and tourism in Syunik.


A Handful of Homeland: Andokavan


Ajabaj is connected to the outside world by a crumbling road. No signs indicate the village, and no people are seen coming or going.

Eight People, Ten Houses, and a Patched Bridge: Ajabaj


Decades later, descendants of Pukhrut former residents occasionally return to their ancestral village. For now, however, Pukhrut is a pleasant seasonal destination rather than a permanent home.


Ani Navasardyan

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