Book on Armenian Genocide published in Krasnodar

11:56 • 16.06.12

The Armenian translation of Sword in War, a historical novel by the French-Armenian writer Vahe Kacha, has been published in the Russian city of Krasnodar.

According to the Russian-Armenian newspaper Yerkramas, the book printed by the publishing house Khachkar (cross-stone), tells about Armenian Genocide and the Turkish occupation of Western Armenia.


The author provides an objective characteristics of the tragic events, beginning his recount with the late 19th century massacres and ending it with the 1915-1922 killings of 1.5 million Armenians on the territory of Ottoman Empire. His characters are ordinary people who turn into innocent martyrs within a fraction of a second.