TO TELL HOW THE LIFE IS REVITALIZED IN ARTSAKH
Sussanna Balayan

Azat Artsakh Daily
10 Oct 08
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]

Books of the writer, film director Boris Baratov about Armenia and
Artsakh are exceptional by their contents and high artistic
illustrations. But our reader either has heard about them, or is not
familiar at all.There are some reasons: they haven’t armenian version,
there is a great deficit of russian version, english version is in the
library of MFA. And these books are really rare. The new book about
Karabakh is almost ready: about 700 illustrations and about 400 pages.
All that, which depends on the author ` text, illustrations, model of
the book, he has made ready, but it’s difficult to comply with printing
expenses, he explains. `The book should be published in one of the best
printing-houses, in order that it is taken into hand and is read not
only in Artsakh but by leaders of other states. Anyway I will elucidate
the book, merely it’s a problem of time’. Baratov was born and grew
up in Moscow in armenian family moved from Hadrut to Moscow. And during
his childhood he visited Hadrut many times. During karabakhian blockade
of 1988-89 Baratov was one of the firsts who came Artsakh for telling
the world that how all the population and its created beauty was being
abolished.Three years he worked on the first book abou
t
Artsakh-Karabakh ` `Artsakh’s angel’, which was elucidated (with great
difficulties) in 1992 at once in four europian languages. brought the
author many congratulating responses. The book today is preserved in
the UN’s iabaray(Geneva), in many libraries of Europe, America and
Russia, informed the author.’But it was too little. When the war was
finished, it was necessary to create a new book. I called the book
`Travel to Karabakh.Ruined paradise’. Elucidation of the second
book, in contrast to the first, was managed to realize more quickly.
`The book was printed in russian and english. But tragic death of
L.Petrosyan hampered, and then I didn’t touch upon the project’.
Last years Boris Baratov wrote also two books, but he attached great
importance to the book, which he wrote two years ago.’ Books of
azerbaijanian authors about Karabakh are printed much in the world. The
latters study the history of our territory and roots of our people,
re-form and distort. Not only telling the truth, but for the reason,
that it was interesting just for us, we decided to write a big book
about Armenia ` `Armeniada’: I wanted to tell about ancient and new
Armenia’. Let’s notice, that the book was also elucidated in
various languages except armenian, and the responses about the book are
rather positive. After success20of `Armeniada’ Boris Baratov has
decided, that the time of creating such a book about Artsakh-Karabakh
has come. `It’s necessary to tell the world, that NKR as a state
exists, not only for the reason that, the president’s institution
operates, but other state institutions ` legislative, executive,
judicial bodies, civic society. It’s necessary to tell how the economy
develops after the war’s blows, how industry, agriculture, particularly
vine-growing gather full speed.Many positive things are done today in
Artsakh and it’s necessary to tell about it not only in NKR, RA,
Diaspora, but Europe, the world. But in the book not only today’s but
yesterday’s and previous days’ Artsakh will be recreated in three
planes ` with monuments appearance, in the war and with this restoring
day’ B.Baratov has met the NKR President Bako Sahakyan either in Moscow
or in Artsakh, who has treated perceptibly to that intention. Such
books are necessary especially today, when today in conncetion with new
worldpolitical situation, again the interest towards southcaucasusian,
especially Karabakh problem has grown. `I’m sure, that our book like a
kind stranger, can enter any country, any house. If the book is good,
it will have a demand’.