Presentation of WWII veteran Grant Karapetyan`s memoirs held in  Yerevan

ArmInfo.  A presentation of 104-year-old WWII veteran Grant Karapetyan's memoirs, "From Great-Grandfather to Great-Grandson: The Family Saga of a WWII  Veteran," was held in Yerevan.

According to the press service of the Moscow Cultural and Business  Center "Moscow House" in Yerevan, the book features Karapetyan's  memories of the war, decades of creative work as an architect and  builder, as well as information about his ancestors, intertwined with  the tragic pages of Armenian history. During the book presentation,  Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin noted that this  publication is a clear example of how a caring attitude toward  personal and family history translates into the preservation of the  historical memory of an entire nation. "Grant Meliksetovich belongs  to the legendary generation of victors who not only fought heroically  on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War but also worked together to  restore our shared homeland. And the facts presented in our dear  veteran's book are invaluable not only for us but also for future  generations," the ambassador emphasized.

Dialogue public charity director Yuri Navoyan, who helped publish the  book, noted that publishing works by Armenian WWII veterans has  already become a good tradition. "Last year, a collection of poems by  100-year-old veteran Lachin Stepanyan, "My Time, My Victory," was  published. Grant Meliksetovich's book isn't just memoirs or a family  chronicle, but a living history of a time that's unlikely to be found  in textbooks," Navoyan said.

In turn, Colonel Simon Yesayan, Chairman of the Marshal Baghramyan  Association of Armenian Veterans, emphasized that the publication of  the book is a tribute to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War,  personified by Grant Meliksetovich, whose love for family and  homeland should serve as an example for future generations.

According to the source, Grant Meliksetovich began work on the book  at the age of 93 and completed it exactly on his 94th birthday. It is  noted that his children and grandchildren inspired him to create the  book, helping him dig through archives, old records, and photographs  to reconstruct his family tree. Notably, the book's cover features a  painting painted by the veteran himself in his 100-plus years.