Yearning for Sovereignty: The Burden of Independence
Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
9-21-2020
Publication Title
EVN Report
First page number:
1
Last page number:
5
Abstract
Hundreds and thousands on the streets, with fists raised, symbolizing a singular maxim: Struggle. The demand for independence and the Karabakh conundrum, inextricably entwined. The nostalgia of 1918, beautiful yet suffocating. Moscow blinked, and Yerevan made its move: the bittersweet burden of state-building. Collective memory is an extraordinary phenomenon, as it transcends generations and imbues within a people an astonishing responsibility, the responsibility of defying history, of seeking a renaissance, and creating anew, a political reality. For the Armenian people, September 21, 1991 marked the realization of this new political reality: the independent Republic of Armenia.
Keywords
Armenian citizens; Sovereignty; Armenian independence
Disciplines
Political Science | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Language
English
Repository Citation
Kopalyan, N.
(2020).
Yearning for Sovereignty: The Burden of Independence.
EVN Report
1-5.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/political_science_articles/240