Shahumyan fall came as a shock after Shushi liberation – academician

PanARMENIAN.Net - The fall of Shahumyan came as a serious shock after Shushi liberation, a deputy director of the National Academy of Sciences’ Literature Institute said.

As Vardan Devrikyan told June 13 news conference on Shushi liberation 20th anniversary, “defeats are as hard to talk of as victories are inspiring to recount.”

“The fall of Shahumyan came as a true mystery, with everybody trying to shift the blame on each other at the time. Because of Shahumyan and Getashen’s strategic importance, Armenian side basically lost the half of Mardakert province,” he said.

“They say in Artsakh: Getashen is a key to the house, Shahumyan is the lock, Artsakh is the gates and Armenia is the house itself. It was after the fall of Shahumyan that the detachment system was abandoned in favor of army creation,” Devrikyan said.