Stepan Shaumian’s house is falling apart
Only a vane has remained untouched in one of the gardens in Yerevan's Arami street. The garden belonged to the Piloyans family who were expelled from their homes in the name of "public interest."
Tigran Piloyan says he had 40 fruit trees, 60 Dutch roses, lilac and vanes which were razed to the ground in one day. The area was alienated five years ago but so far no construction has been carried out on the site.
"Look how the site which was abandoned in 2006 looks today," said Piloyan.
Then he recalled the words of Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service employees, who visited them on March 13, 2006.
"They apologized to me and said that they had evicted many families, but they had never seen such a well-maintained house with a magnificent garden," said the former owner.
Each square meter of the land was valued at $250 and each square meter of the house - at $434.
"Everywhere in the globe land is more expensive than a building. But here, in the heart of the Armenian capital, my land was valued at $ 250," said Piloyan.
He appealed the decision in different courts, including the European Court of Human Rights.
Piloyan says the area has been privatized by the President of the Union of Armenians of Russia, Ara Abrahamyan. The house formerly belonged to revolutionary Stepan Shaumian.
