Today another souvenir sheet dedicated to 5th Pan-Armenian games was cancelled and introduced into circulation.
Today, they have five kids and the family survives on a social assistance package of 51,000 AMD in ($140) per month. To get by, the family also collects berries in a neighbour's field...
Dastakert, a town in the Syunik Province of Armenia located south of Sissian, originally had 4000 residents. Today, the town’s population is 320. In 1952, a copper-molybdenum plant was built in Dastakert and the town experienced a “boom period.” Since the closing of the plant in 1975, all that has remained is the town’s “status” as an urban community. Most residents of Dastakert are refugees from Azerbaijan. 2-3 children...