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"Gariks was a very playful, lively, mischievous child. He liked to communicate with those older than him, he even addressed them by name," said Mrs. Gayane, Garik's mother, during his school years. to be in place.
"He participated in all the events. I used to sew clothes for Santa Claus, he wore them in 1994. It was the 2000s, it was not like these days that you can find various clothes for events, I sewed them myself.
To be honest, he didn't like studying, it was like a test for him, it would be better if I studied instead.
He started attending school from the second grade.
Participated in competitions held at the Sayat-Nova school. Shvi, on the other hand, liked to play the dhol and sing more."
Garik was drafted into the military service much later than his peers. "He was in the eighth grade when we moved to Moscow.
My husband worked there, we moved with his family, we built a house there, we lived there for 13 years. Every year he wanted to go back to Armenia.
When the April war started in 2016, we told him, "Look, what would we be like if you were serving now?" But when he had problems with documents, he finally decided to return to Armenia and go to serve.
My father and I were against it, but he opposed us. "I am going to my homeland, I will serve, I will be strengthened, I will buy a house in Yerevan, I will create my family, I will earn money with singing and music and I will stay in Armenia, I will bring you with me."
That's how it turned out, Garik came and brought us to Armenia." Garik was drafted for mandatory military service in 2019. on July 15. Served in Jrakan, was commander of the 2nd rifle battalion of Artsakh, senior operator, sergeant.
"He was older than the others, they called him "Bidzo" there. He had a good relationship with everyone. Some of the boys who served with him came and told about him, they said that every time they got a feeling from Garik's presence ": 2020 The 44-day war began on September 27. "I was in Moscow.
On September 26, I did a lot of closings from morning to evening. That day, he called me, "Mom, what are you doing?"
"I haven't done anything yet. On the morning of September 27, I saw that it was a full-scale war. I was calling Garik, and I was keeping the news from him." In the evening of the 27th, he called: everything is normal with us, don't worry, there are no shots.
Then we found out that he was at the top of Lele Tepe. "The phone has no charge, I threw it aside, I'm calling someone else's number."
Both of his numbers were not working, whose numbers he was calling, I charged them so that he could call me, to be calm. It was important for me to hear his voice.
On October 2, Garik's position was hit by a shell, many people were injured that day, and many managed to escape captured."
Garik died on October 3. "Since that day, they told us that they are in the bunkers, they are in a safe place. My husband came to Moscow, I stayed with him." :
On October 23, during a news broadcast, they said that Garik Hamamyan was awarded the 2nd degree medal. It was not mentioned that it was awarded posthumously. I called my husband and told him that the information was our son's, only the last name was Tamamyan It's written perennially, maybe it's a typo.
I directed my husband to go to different places. Then he was told that there was indeed a confusion, Garik was awarded the "Combat Cross".
Since the medal was not given posthumously, that circumstance calmed me down a bit, but I also had a feeling inside that something was wrong with Garik I wrote it down, but then I said to myself: God made you understand that your son is gone, your candle has gone out.
In those days, I left my children in Moscow, and my husband and I started looking for our son. We met different people, we were in different places.
We were looking for him everywhere. At the end of October, Garik was in the Sevan morgue, and then he was transferred from there.
During that time, my husband donated blood, and in 2021 They called me on February 25 and told me to come to Heratsi. I stayed at home. Garik was known.
We thought in different directions that maybe he was wounded, maybe he was captured, but I didn't allow myself to think that Garik was not there either. Then we found the lieutenant who served with him, they say that Garik would definitely not be captured."
Now Garik is "at home" in Haghartsin. They built a memorial stone for him and the boys who died in the 44-day war. Garik has a brother and sister , the hope that one day he will meet his son gives him strength to live.
"I don't want to imagine that he is not there, if I think about it for a long time, I might go crazy. Maybe one day we will meet." C. - Sergeant Garik Tamamyan was posthumously awarded the "Combat Service" medal by the decrees of the President of Artsakh, and in 2020 on October 2, with the order "Combat Cross" 2nd degree.
He was buried in the cemetery of his native Haghartsin village, Tavush marz.
Lusine Arakelyan
