Thirty-two years ago, on December 7, 1988, one of the most terrible tragedies in the modern history of Armenia took place.

At 11:41 on that day, the northern regions of the Armenian SSR were shocked by a devastating earthquake, which was named after the epicenter as the Spitak earthquake.

More than 25 thousand people died, tens of thousands were injured, hundreds of thousands were left homeless. The village of Nalband and the nearby town of Spitak, located directly in the epicenter, were wiped off the face of the earth.