Rebuilding Kashatagh

Always a source of well-written article, ArmeniaNow this week has a story about Kashatagh.

"Kashatagh is the land of our ancestors," says head of administration of Kashatagh Alexan Hakobian. "Armenians living here began thinning out 100 years ago. As a result of the policy conducted by Stalin it became a part of Azerbaijan. Today Kashatagh is again Armenian and it will be forever."

There are some touching stories of people from other regions of Armenia moving in. Kashatagh is not inhabited by people from Karabagh, but rather from other regions of Armenia itself. What will happen to these people in any future peace settlement is unsettling.

Read the full article at ArmeniaNow.

Posted by Matt on May 27, 2004 | TrackBack | Email to a friend