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The Armenian Revolution

The little Republic of the Soviet Union becomes independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Then follow 27 years of corrupted governments without political project. The country is plunged into poverty and unemployment, mainly in the Shirak region. While the old generation is nostalgic about the Sovietic Union, those who grew up after this period aspire to a new Armenia. Protests explode on April 13, 2018 led by the former journalist and opponent deputy Nikol Pashinyan. After more than 3 weeks of pressure, demonstrators succeed to force surrender the government without violence. Pashinyan is elected prime minister on May 8, on the second vote by the Parliament. The new head of government has extended powers resulting from a constitutional reform done by the previous president Serge Sarkissian. This historic step represents great hopes for the Armenian population. 

  • Twin girls walk in front of a soviet SA-2 missile exposed in the Victory park of Yerevan on May 6, 2018
  • Albert, 7, plays with military toys while his parents watch the Victory Day Military Parade in Moscow on tv in a living room of Bagaran (Shirak), an Armenian village on the Turkish border on May 9, 2018
  • Young Armenians danse in support to Nikol Pashinyan as new Prime minister on the Republic square before the second parliamentary vote in Yerevan on May 8, 2018
  • A taxi driver waits in a street of Gyumri (capital of Shirak) on May 2018. After the 1988 earthquake, unemployment exploded and since then the second largest city in Armenia has lost the half of its population.
  • Roap, 90, watches with nostalgia for the Soviet Union, the Victory Day Military Parade in Moscow on her small tv in Bagaran (Shirak), an Armenian village on the Turkish border on May 9, 2018
  • A boy plays in a street of Bagaran (Shirak), a small Armenian village on the Turkish border guarded by Russian soldiers.
  • Young Armenians walk on the Cascade monument in Yerevan on May 6, 2018. After 27 years of corruption, the generation who grew up after the Soviet period placed many hopes in Nikol Pashinyan.
  • Women wait that men clean the road in Bagaran (Shirak) after a heavy railfall. The mountain range is in Turkey.
  • A young woman arrives on the Republic square with flowers to celebrate Nikol Pashinyan as new Prime minister after the parliamentary vote in Yerevan, Armenia on May 8, 2018
  • Father and son have a snack and a drink of schnapps after working in the fields in Bagaran (Shirak), a small Armenian village on the Turkish border.
  • Young Armenians support Nikol Pashinyan as new Prime minister on the Republic square during the second parliamentary vote in Yerevan on May 8, 2018
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