During these days in 1990 when the Artsakh movement continued for already 1.5 years, 3 Armenian USSR democratic deputies declared political hunger strike in their room of hotel "Moscow" in Moscow.
On the 5th day of strike they are joined by the president of the NKAR dissolved executive committee Semyon Babayan, President of the National Council Vachagan Grigoryan, USSR national artist Sos Sargsyan. They were amazed when the 82 years old academician Viktor Hambardzumyancomes to join them on the same day.
During the 21 days of the hunger strike they drew the attention of the USSR and the whole world to Karabakh.
Every day they were visited by famous writers, scientists, artists, public and political figures, TV journalists. Hunger strikes in their support were declared in Leningrad and Tajikistan. More than 10 000 telegrams from all over the world arrived to "Moscow" hotel addressed to the hunger-strikers.
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