The Participation of Yerevan Universities in the First Artsakh War (1991-1994)

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of relevant facts about the active participation of the teaching staff, students and graduates of Yerevan State University and Armenian State Pedagogical University after Kh. Abovyan, in helping Artsakh in its struggle. The war unleashed by Azerbaijan in Artshakh and the bordering areas of the Republic of Armenia, forced the students of operating universities in the capital, first of all a number of YSU faculties, to leave the university studies, create volunteer detach­ments and move to military operations zones. Those who stayed in universities, supported the fighting Artsakh in every possible way. The university students organized helicopter flights, delivering clothes, food, ammunition and basic necessities to Artsakh.