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The “Ergir” restaurant on the road to Talin.in our family there will be no future. My dad’s name is Serob after Akhbyur Serob 1 , my mom’s name is Soseh 2 . Wehave boys named Andranik in every family of our village, many families have Serob, Gevork (from the story ofArakel, head of Ujan village), passing over self-made maps of the abandoned places to heirs, sanctificationof books brought from the homeland, strict usage of the homeland’s dialects, songs and dances, periodicalgathering of fellow countrymen... and, finally, the word “Ergir”. The word Yerkir, which has sev-1 Aghbyur Serob – Vardanian Serob, born in 1864 in Khlat province. He organized the Armenian freedom movement in Khlatin 1895 and was wounded during the resistance at the Geliegyuzan village in 1898. He was poisoned in1899. His son and twobrothers were also killed.2 Soseh – Soseh mayrik (Vardanyan Soseh), born in 1868, died in Egypt in 1953 with Aghbyur Serob’s wife and sister in arms.She participated in many defense battles. She was wounded in the Geliegyuzan battle in 1899 and lost her son. Her other sonwas killed during the massacre in Karin. Later she moved to Caucasus and after the establishment the Soviet rule in Armenia– to Alexandria.100