THE HEAD OF THE COUNTRY VISITED HIS TEACHER
Svetlana Khachatryan
Azat Artsakh Daily,
27 June 08
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
On June 24th NKR President Bako Sahakyan visited his teacher Satenik
Soghomonyan. Minister of NKR Culture and Youth Norek Gasparyan
accompanied the President, who had been also S.Soghomonyan’s
pupil.S.Soghomonyan was a teacher of history. Inspite of venerable
age and illness, she doesn’t feel separated from life. She keeps
communication with society by means of newspapers, TV and radio.She is
the most active reader of all published newspapers of Artsakh and has
her reviews in connection with any publication and program. But our
teacher has a deep pain, which is already 39 years, that she bears
in herself. It’s a question of literary hereditament of her husband
Sargis Abrahamyan, and particularly, a book "About generations",
by which a whole generation has been brought up. Because of illness,
the writer during 2-3 months remade two-volume edition wanting to see
it one-volume. In 1969 the book was introduced into publishing plan,
but the death mixed everything. About two tens later, in 1988 the
book was returned to the writer’s wife.Processes of republishing
it were vain.But S.Soghomonyan decided once again to try to send
a letter to the President. The handwriting was already ready, when
President himself visited her.The President asked her to send him
the book, and knowing that there are many unpublished materials
in the writer’s archive, promised to solve the problem of their
publishing. Before saying good-bye, NKR President said: "I’m very
glad for this meeting. It will give me new energy in my work. I’m
sure, that we always remember You and teachers like You. After this
meeting I shall take with me not only my human impressions. I say
without exaggeration, I shall take with me an impression, which will
be effective for my activity. And my activity is guaranteeing of our
people’s prosperity".