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Has to build a new home for himself: Roland Awakjan (left), refugee from Shuschi, with his family in Yerevan
Photo: Johanna-Maria Fritz / Johanna-Maria Fritz // Agency Ostkreuz
Through the entrance hall of the "House of the Armenian Sons", a sports and cultural facility in the north of Yerevan, small children romp past families with travel bags and plastic bags.
A towel is wrapped around the right leg of a young man and he is hobbling.
An old man with a flat cap leans on a cane.
Roland Awakjan sits on a bench under the portrait of the head of the Armenian Church and looks into space.
That morning he and his family reported to the house on the
The initial reception facility for war refugees was converted.
Now he is waiting to see how and where her new life begins.
It is a life beyond home that he may have had to leave forever a few days ago.
Avakjan and his family - there are seven in total, including two babies, four generations together - come from Nagorno-Karabakh.
The mountain region has so far been predominantly inhabited by Armenians, but Azerbaijan is entitled to it under international law.
The soldiers from Baku conquered large areas in six weeks of war with Turkish support, Syrian mercenaries and modern military equipment.
For a few days now, the guns have been silent in Nagorno-Karabakh, about 200 kilometers east of Armenia's capital, Yerevan, as the crow flies.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a ceasefire with the mediation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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