THE FORMER LIBERTY SOLDIER DOES NOT WANT TO SEE TROUBLED FACES ANY MORE
Monday, 13 May 2013 15:28
When the May Day holidays approach, I rejoice at the celebration of
the victory though this victory is riddled with pain and grief as a
lot of worthy and patriotic friends of ours perished under our very
eyes. This victory was worth gaining so as to have so many children
born and so many weddings celebrated in our country. They witness
to the existence of our nation and to the day by day prosperity
of Artsakh,” former liberty soldier Margarita Taranyan shared her
feelings with us. 21 years ago her patriotism impelled her to join
the soldiers on the battle field, to overcome the feeling of fear
and to take the rifle however frightened of its deadly effects the
courageous Armenian girl so fragile inside was.
Margarita Taranyan was one of the few Armenian girls who were seized
with the idea of the movement of 88 and being courageous enough
stood next to the Armenian soldier and fought together with him on
the battle field knowing for sure that she may perish or be taken
hostage at any time.
>From the very beginning of the movement she intended to join the
soldiers but the idea was realized in 1992 when the homeland devotee
happened to notice an announcement in Stepanakert about the creation
of the “Detachment of Artsakh Women” where women and girls were
recruited. And as a teacher of the Armenian language and literature
she was well aware of the Armenian history and thus could not stay
indifferent to the announcement.
“The time of slogans had passed long ago, we were to get united and
follow the glorious sample of Shoushi. I wanted to be the direct
participant of all this though I knew t would be rather difficult
to convince my parents and everybody would interpret my decision in
their own ways, typical Armenian mentality, isn’t it? But the ideas of
homeland, roots and nation became dominant in my heart and I decided
to get recruited. First there were 25 of us in the detachment when
the trainings began. The tasks were difficult: civil protection,
communication, maps, physical training, they even made us dig
trenches with shovels. Not everybody could stand the hardships and
as a result soon 12 of us remained in the group,” the former liberty
soldier recalls.
After the trainings had been over Margarita Taranyan chose the nurse’s
profession because as she says she is not brave enough to kill the
enemy soldiers yet saving the Armenian soldiers’ lives is no less
heroic. But at the fate’s decree her first medical aid was provided
to a wounded Azerbaijani soldier who was brought in a cold winter
night but whom she treated with no less responsibility.
Today the vanguard soldier of the war recalling all this from the
distance of so many years says that in spite of all her doubts she,
however, considers the decision adopted in those days was right.
“I would like Artsakh citizens to live a better life. Our people
deserve to live life of dignity in a prosperous country. There are a
lot of post-war hardships and we must be united to overcome them so
as to make Artsakh a desirable place for all the Armenians to live in.”
The only thing Margarita Taranyan wants is to have no other war in
Artsakh, to see no more troubled faces when walking in town, only
smiles, joyful eyes and children living careless childhood.
Tatevik Khachatryan
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