Ashot Harutyunyan biography

Of the 10 thousand photos, only a third was used for the strength of the Moscow bridge in November in the city and became interested in Kiev, especially the old one, to those that we have already lost irrevocably. Now he turned the love of old Kyiv into a profession - he publishes nostalgic albums: dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, a comparative album of memorable places of the past and how they look now, an album about Kyiv of the late 19th century.

Now busy with the project of the photo album about Kyiv in the XX century. But something is very much born in torment this photo album. Usually from the plan to the finished book passes about six months. He has been working on the same brainchild for two years. Collects material: photos and even things of the era, the pictures of which also posts on the pages-searches in archives, selects stop cadres of documentaries, buys from collectors.

Initially, for this album, I picked up about 10 thousand. It regrets that many of the collectors are engaged in gathering not out of love for the city, but solely because of money. Worker of the industrial exploration of the Molotovsky district A. Shopvich during the landing of palm trees on the street. Artem, on May 27, the publisher and plans for which were not destined to come true.

On the slopes of the Dnieper were going to build high -rise buildings - even more huge than the monster on Grushevsky. No matter how blasphemous it sounds, but the war ceased such an abuse over the slopes. What should happen now so that the right bank is ceased to disfigure with high -heights? So that there are no incidents, for verification, Ashot gives materials to historians to familiarize themselves.

To release such a significant publication is not an easy matter. Only one black and white layout of the album, made in full size, goes to UAH, on color-all UAH. Realizing that it will be difficult to deal with the publication financially, Ashot wanted to connect famous and wealthy people.

He even lured the opportunity for the largest partner to post a photo from his personal archive, if, of course, they will be of historical value and convey the mood of the era. Did not work. In response, I received only nine reviews and only two of them-from Tymoshenko and Akhmetov-more or less encouraging. This is like a slap in the face. After all, each power destroys the old and builds a new one.

But he will release the album anyway. It’s just that this will need more time.