Mosi Arushanyan, who was forcibly displaced from the occupied Republic of Artsakh, told in the framework of “Artsakh: Armenian Genocide 2023. Stories of Survivors” documentary project of Iravaban.net, that he had built a large house in Artsakh.
“My daughter was at school when the war began. We were in shock; we didn’t know what to do. I said: you stay in the basement; I will go after the children. I took my child from under the explosions; I also took her girlfriends, about nine children. I took those children to their homes through the buildings somehow, passing under the fire. The fight continued: it was even hotter at night. My house was near the military unit, it was dangerous there, and we went to the basement of the building. The next day we had no bread. At night, we went to our house again and brought bread for the children to eat,” he said.
Mosi says that there were about 40-42 people in the basement. They stayed there for 5 days.
“The fight was stopped, but there was shooting at the positions, and we could not get the children out of the basement. We went to our management to get a car, nobody knew anything. Then they provided a military car, 42 of us sat in that car and we left. We traveled for 4-5 days, we were in an extremely bad condition, there was neither bread, nor water. A kind man met us and gave us bread. Our car was halted near the Hakari bridge, and all the men were taken out of the car. I do not know if it was a miracle or what, but they didn’t do us anything. It was a hell that we went through,” our interlocutor said.
Talking about integration, he mentioned that they are not ready to live with Azerbaijanis.
“We fought against each other, how can we live with them again? It’s not possible,” Mosi said.
He also mentioned that they do not have any expectations from the international community and institutions.
“Well, you would have come to know what is happening with us when we were there. We lived hungry and thirsty. We received bread with a coupon so that our child would eat a piece of bread and survive, and in the end they brought this misfortune on our heads,” Mosi Arushanyan said.
“Artsakh: Armenian Genocide 2023. Stories of Survivors” documentary project of Iravaban.net is aimed at collecting the memories and testimonies of citizens forcibly displaced from Artsakh occupied by Azerbaijan, about the genocide of the Armenians of Artsakh committed by Azerbaijan, atrocities, the days of war, the path of deportation, etc.
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Hasmik Sargsyan
