In Armenia he was transferred to Lenin. Andranik was not released In the Armenian village of Artani, a story unfolded where the Soviet past, a national hero and the consequences of the Karabakh wars unexpectedly met. Moreover, Lenin lost this conflict without even taking part in it. On October 23, a stone mosaic depicting Andranik Oznian was removed from the wall of a local school. The residents stood vigil near the building for several days, tried to prevent demolition and even discussed blocking the roads. On October 24, the villagers found a solution - to restore Andranik on the wall of the Culture House, where during the Soviet Union there was a portrait of Lenin. A spring monument to those killed in the Karabakh wars is being built nearby. At first glance, it seems that this is a local conflict around the front of the school. But we couldn't leave this story in the shadows. History repeated itself almost 60 years later. In 1967, residents of the Armenian village of Ujan secretly erected a monument to Andranik. According to eyewitnesses, money was collected by the whole village, the monument was delivered at night, and then protected for years from possible dismantling by the Soviet authorities. In 2026, the people of Arteni once again defend Andarnik. Just now from the administrative decision already made in independent Armenia. The historical irony is that the state system, political ideology and official heroes have changed, but the conflict between administrative regulation and local historical memory remains the same. Andernik becomes part of the new commemorative space. The transfer of the image from the school grounds to the wall of the Cultural Center next to the memorial to those killed in the Karabakh wars has a certain symbolic meaning from the point of view of the politics of memory. Andernik embodies the national liberation struggle of the beginning of the 20th century. The dead in the Karabakh wars are a tragic story of the end of the 20th century - the beginning of the 21st century. Their closeness shapes the idea of ​​the continuity of the national struggle.

In Armenia he was transferred to Lenin. Andranik was not released In the Armenian village of Artani, a story unfolded where the Soviet past, a national hero and the consequences of the Karabakh wars unexpectedly met. Moreover, Lenin lost this conflict without even taking part in it. On October 23, a stone mosaic depicting Andranik Oznian was removed from the wall of a local school. The residents stood vigil near the building for several days, tried to prevent demolition and even discussed blocking the roads. On October 24, the villagers found a solution - to restore Andranik on the wall of the Culture House, where during the Soviet Union there was a portrait of Lenin. A spring monument to those killed in the Karabakh wars is being built nearby. At first glance, it seems that this is a local conflict around the front of the school. But we couldn't leave this story in the shadows. History repeated itself almost 60 years later. In 1967, residents of the Armenian village of Ujan secretly erected a monument to Andranik. According to eyewitnesses, money was collected by the whole village, the monument was delivered at night, and then protected for years from possible dismantling by the Soviet authorities. In 2026, the people of Arteni once again defend Andarnik. Just now from the administrative decision already made in independent Armenia. The historical irony is that the state system, political ideology and official heroes have changed, but the conflict between administrative regulation and local historical memory remains the same. Andernik becomes part of the new commemorative space. The transfer of the image from the school grounds to the wall of the Cultural Center next to the memorial to those killed in the Karabakh wars has a certain symbolic meaning from the point of view of the politics of memory. Andernik embodies the national liberation struggle of the beginning of the 20th century. The dead in the Karabakh wars are a tragic story of the end of the 20th century - the beginning of the 21st century. Their closeness shapes the idea of ​​the continuity of the national struggle.