Arman Simikyan after the 44-day war


Arman Simikyan, an actor of the Hakob Paronyan State Musical Comedy Theater, had just graduated from the acting department of the Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema and had only been a soldier for 7 months when the 44-day war began. The scout-machine gunner miraculously survived a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was somehow taken to the hospital in a bloody state. Arman believes in the soldier of the Armenian army, in the potential that is stored in his veins.

 

Hayk Torosyan after the 44-day war


Hayk Torosyan, a participant in the April four-day session, suffered a complex craniocerebral injury in Martakert. Nine years later, Hayk looks back on his difficult path, trying to recall details from that fateful day and the following months and years. The profession of artistic photography and cameraman remained in the past. After long-term treatment, he was admitted to the Faculty of Sociology of Yerevan State University, studied various programs in order to provide for his needs and support his family.

Benjamin Poghosyan after the 44-day war


Beniamin Poghosyan, a participant in the 44-day war, is a native of Gyumri. He graduated from the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. On September 27, 2020, he was in the Mataghis military unit of the Defense Army. They had been warned about the impending war months ago. They were psychologically prepared. On October 2, he was seriously wounded in the legs by shrapnel from an anti-aircraft missile strike in Talish. He had not yet managed to understand the seriousness of his condition when he was wounded a second time by a cluster munition. Later, he learned that 12 of his friends had died and he was the only one who survived. Beniamin underwent 13 surgeries, received long rehabilitation treatment at the Soldier's House. And he met his wife at the Burn Center. Lusine, who helps wounded soldiers in the hospital on a voluntary basis, gave him a new life.

Vardges Ulubabyan after the 44-day war


TV cameraman, native of Artsakh, Vardges Ulubabyan actively participated in the self-defense of Nagorno-Karabakh in 1989, was wounded many times. After entering the service in the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army as a senior officer of the political department, he participated in the creation of the press service and the "Goyamart" program. He was on the battlefield throughout the 44-day war. After being forcibly displaced, he left his father's house in Artsakh, the mansion he built with his own hands, and moved with his family to Armenia.

The trials that befell Artur Hovhannisyan


Artur Hovhannisyan, a participant in the 44-day war, lost his leg on the battlefield. He is convinced that no encounter is accidental. Despite his young age, he has overcome great and difficult trials, and today he already has a family and a job.

Ishkhan Aslanyan after the 44-day war


Ishkhan Aslanyan, a participant in the 44-day war, is a scout and an athlete. After recovering from a serious injury, he talks about his two professions in retrospect. In the service, he always realized that his life hung in the balance. He never thought that he would lose a leg or an arm. He only thought about his brother and to appear before his father, a freedom fighter in the war of the 90s, with an open face.

A soldier deprived of both hands helps disabled soldiers


Varazdat Saneyan and his brother served in the peacekeeping forces under a contract until the 44-day war and went to the front as soon as the war began. They were seriously wounded on the same day, November 2. Varazdat is deprived of both hands. He founded and heads the “Self-sacrificing Heroes of the Defense of the Fatherland” charitable NGO, which is engaged in alleviating the suffering of disabled soldiers and their families.

 

Levon Gevorgyan after the 44-day war


Lt. Col. Levon Gevorgyan, who was wounded in the 44-day war in Karvachar, started walking after a long and painstaking fight by doctors. At the very beginning, doctors even discussed the issue of amputating both of his legs. Now Levon has fully returned to life. He has been in the Armenian army since he was 17 years old. He retired after the Four Day War. From the first days of the 44-day war, he went to Karvachar with the Ashtarak combat squad, where he knew every bush and tree in detail. During that time, the combat squad had 3 casualties and 4 wounded, Levon was the fifth.

Mher Lalazaryan after the 44-day war


Mher Lalazaryan, injured in the 44-day war, learned programming during treatment and received a grant, with which he is going to open a computer store in Vanadzor. Before the 44-day war, he participated in the Four-Day War and the June battles. The army officer considers that participating in the war is a conscious choice in his case.

Tigran Izryan after the 44-day war


Tigran Izryan, a participant in the 44-day war, graduated from YSU's Faculty of Geography. Tigran's life changed upside down after he was wounded in the jaw area in the war and lost his comrades in arms. For Yezidi Tigran, Armenia is his homeland and he considers it his duty to live and build his home and Armenia. The war changed a lot in his life, and according to him, filled it with even more optimism and perseverance.
 

Karo Hambardzumyan after the 44-day war


There are no insurmountable difficulties
 
If there was no war, the life of mechanizer Karo Hambardzumyan would have taken a completely different course. He spent most of the year in Russia working abroad. He returned to Armenia for the four-day, then 44-day war and went to Artsakh with the Tigran Mets detachment. On October 3, Karo Hambardzumyan was injured in Madaghis. He is now preparing for a complex operation and hopes that his leg will be restored as a result. Karo Hambardzumyan believes that there are no insurmountable difficulties in life and in general, there is no life without difficulties.

Gagik Mirzoyan after the 44-day war


God-given life cannot be wasted
 
Injured in the 44-day war, Gagik Mirzoyan remembers in detail the events that took place on the battlefield from September 27, 2020 to the day he was injured. The main lesson learned from the war is not to waste the life given by God, and to live with dedication and love. After living in silence and self-restraint for a long time, he realized that he stayed alive because he had important things to do.