September 20, 2011 - 18:21 AMT
20:03 GMT
For history 20 years is a negligible period of time, almost less than a second. But for people, who for 600 years have been deprived of statehood and independence, it’s quite a long interval of time during which intermediate results can be totaled, providing a good example of survival. On September 21, 1991 majority of Armenians thought that a good deal of problems, including the Karabakh issue, could be solved with declaration of independence. Everyone then thought that the world community would not leave the Armenian people one on one against aggressors, by recognizing the right of nations to self-determination.