Today Kars does not cease to warm Armenians

YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS: Kars, the tenth capital of Armenia, despite being under the rule of the Turks for nearly a century, continues to call back its natives.

The Armenian spirit is felt next to the Turkish buildings and streets once being Armenian.

Armenpress reporter traveled to Western Armenia, visited historical Armenian cities and shared with impressions.

" Kars’ streets resembled Armenian second largest city Gyumry.In Kars we admired Kars fortress: built in mediaeval it still had not lost its impregnable appearance. The arsenal and the stables for horses were preserved. Yet the flag flying on the top of the fortress, depicting Ataturk picture next to it, cannon deployed at the heart of the square continually reminded about the fact that the powerful fortress was no longer ours.

Leaving the city we passed over Vardan bridge, a few meters away situated the house of Armenian great poet Charents, in an extremely poor condition. There are yet no groundless facts that Charents house had already been turned to the ground.

No matter how the reality differs from the dreams, the call of your ancestors make you turn a backward look at the past, at your historical homeland, at Western Armenia".

Travelled Araks Kasyan