For the first time, readers are offered his biography from a completely different perspective. Vova Armyan's daughter, Amalia Karapetyan, and writer Ruben Ishkhanyan recount his family's life in Nagorno-Karabakh, his relationship with his beloved wife, Rita, and their devoted friendship—all set against the backdrop of global events: the Thaw, Perestroika, the crisis of socialism and the rise of capitalism, the Spitak earthquake, the collapse of the USSR, the massacres in Maragha and Margushavan, the First Karabakh War, and the "dashing 1990s." Vova Armyan's life story remains relevant. It helps us understand our past and our present.