The shot was taken in Stepanakert in 1992. The author of the photo is Oleg Klimov.
The shot was taken in Stepanakert in 1992. The author of the photo is Oleg Klimov. The Russian photojournalist had been sent to Kharabakh on a business tour to cover the war.
The photographer knew about the woman with kalashnikov in her hand only one thing – that she had come on foot from Shahumyan, where heavy battles were running. Afterward Klimov said that the woman had not been alone; there had been hundreds of refugees with her. He selected exactly that woman as his photo’s heroine, because she had a weapon in her hand.
After the war the photographer tried to find the heroine and to listen to her story. As a result of 2-week searches he found the woman portrayed in the picture – Ella Harutyunyan.
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