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Icons on the walls of the ruined churches of Ani. Unidentified vandals have disfigured the eyes of the depicted saints The Solukh bridge constructed on the Eastern Euphrates. According to testimonials, this is where the hero Gevorg Chaush was slain The Berkri waterfall – one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Western Armenia And all this was accompanied by a gigantic ANI Turkish flag flapping in the wind. The flag is like a pass in Turkey, it allows you a little bit of freedom. If you are organizing an event to which the Turkish authorities might object, stick a Turkish flag next to it and you may proceed to do as you wish. As we move towards Ani, we are forced to pass through Igdir, populated today by Azerbaijanis, where we do not wish to stop. In this region, I see our holy mountain from behind. It is often said that Mt. Ararat is not pretty when viewed from Turkey. Let me rephrase that. It is not that Do you want to start a business? Stick the Turkish it is not pretty, it is deformed. It does not have flag and do what you want. It’s not working? Stick the majesty that it bears when viewed from the a picture of Ataturk next to it, that will definitely Ararat plains. It is simply a tall grey peak. And you help. I have seen this both in Western Armenia can doubtlessly see the symbolism of that. But I and in Istanbul. It was the same thing on the was interested in something else at that moment. island of Aghtamar, where the Apostolic Church How did it end up that this mountain, located in stood next to that same erstwhile Byzantine the east of the Armenian highlands, remained crescent, surrounded by the blood of the Turks’ in the Turkish republic created to our west? The enemies. mountain was within the borders of the Russian