Ditsmayri, Kashatagh Region, Armenian-controlled Republic of Azerbaijan © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2000
Because I was confined to Lachin on the instructions of the local KGB and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh who would not give me written authorization to be anywhere other than Stepanakert, I’ve had to dig […]
Lachin, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Lachin, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Lachin, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
While in Lachin I made a return visit to the AGAPE Children’s Home to speak to its Director Samuel Kocharian. The institution which is generally referred to as a Boarding School by locals was established in 1995 and accomodates 27 children deprived […]
Lachin, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
One of the nicest things about my otherwise ill-fated return to Lachin was seeing kids I had photographed years earlier. In particular, it was nice to stay with the family of Gohar, pictured below.
She’s the small girl pictured years ago reading […]
Lachin, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Lachin, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Suarassy, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
According to military maps 8 anti-tank mines were laid on this 500 meter road. One detonated when a truck passed over it and as a result HALO Trust won’t drive their vehicles along this road until it’s been thoroughly checked. Local settlers, […]
Meghvadzor, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Another minefield close to Meghvadzor, but this time being cleared. Again, the mines were anti-personnel. However, not as large as the minefield we were later to visit. Anyway, HALO Trust is based in Stepanakert, capital of the self-declared Republic of Nagorno Karabakh […]
Meghvadzor, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
One of the main purposes of my return visit to Lachin was to look at the work of the HALO Trust in the region. The international mine clearance charity have been working in what is now known as the Kashatagh region for […]
Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Have literally just stepped in the door after returning from 4 days in Lachin, the strategic main town linking Armenia with Nagorno Karabakh. Had wanted to stay longer, but for the first time in many years of visiting Lachin to work on a personal photographic project I was detained by the local KGB on my […]
