YEREVAN. – Former resident of Karachinar village of Shaumyan Region Manya Hovsepyan left home back in 1992.

The 78-year-old woman was forced to flee because of war, she said sharing her memories with the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent. 

“I remember every minute of June 13, 1992. That happened at half past seven. When Azerbaijanis stormed the village, my husband pushed me in the direction of the forest. I have not seen him so far,” the woman said.

Her husband, an employee of internal ministry, managed to save his wife but left in the village to blunt the attack.
Escaping from the village, Manya and her neighbor went to neighboring Gyulistan village.

“Many people were killed there. The women were baking bread on the day. They left everything and escaped,” she said. Then, the women walked to Stepanakert.

Manya Hovsepyan has two sons and two daughters, 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

“I was not afraid of anything when my husband was next to me,” she smiles.

Fleeing Karachinar, the woman left all her belongings, including documents. “But our house was not destroyed”.