Time has almost erased the names of certain Armenian artists and intellectuals who dwelled in people’s memories. Shushanik Kurghinian is among them.
The writer and poet, who was very famous during the Soviet era, lost her popularity after the fall of the communist regime. She was known as a fervent defender of socialism, the working classes, and women’s rights.
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