Reviews and Comments on My Father, A Man of Courage and Perseverance, A Survivor of Stalin’s GULAG

Reviews:

Դոկտ․ Սիմա Աբրահամեան, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, «Դոկտ․ Ռուբինա Փիրումեան կը Հրատարակէ Ստալինեան Արհաւիրքներու մասին Հատոր մը», Հորիզոն Գրական, Հոկտեմբեր,  2017, էջ 15-16

Lucine Kasbarian, Armenian Weekly, November 20-28, 2018, E. 20

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Comments:

Richard G. Hovannisian, Chair holder AEF Armenian Modern History  at UCLA (a 10-minute video)

“…[W]hat a stunning tribute to your father Baghdik. His story reads like a drama and how touching that you completed his unfinished memoirs and brough his story to life.”

Nancy R.  Kolligian

NAASR Board of Directors Executive Committee

“… and I understand more fully your passionate commitment to remembering the Armenian Genocide and human rights.”

Alan Whitehorn, PhD

Professor emeritus Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston

«Նախ կը շնորհաւորեմ Ձեզ, Տիկին Ռուբինա, ո՛չ միայն այս հատորին  պատրաստութեան եւ լոյս ընծայման համար, այլ նաեւ Ձեր վաստակաշատ ու ազգանուէր հօր տառապալից կեանքին  կարգ մը մութ մնացած ծալքերը լոյս աշխարհ բերելուեւ նման գործիչներուն կեանքը նոր սերունդներուն աչքերուն դիմաց իբրեւ տիպար օրինակ պարզելու համար»։

Մուշեղ Արք․ Մարտիրոսեան,

Առաջնուդ Ա․Մ․Նահանգներու Արեւմտեան թեմի

“[I]t is one of the most extraordinary books I have ever read… As I was reading the years of struggle that you went through just broke my heart. But your resiliency and your academic achievements were so inspiring.”

Effie Eskijian

Ararat Eskijian Museum

“You have done your late father great justice by publishing his memoirs…. I was very moved by his accounts. I feel priviledged to have known him and to have heard about the sacrifices he made for his people. Everyone who knew him loved and respected him.

You are also, of course, held in very high respect. Please accept my congratulations on being such a loving and devoted daughter, determined to eternalize your father’s contributions to Armenia and Armenians.”

Vartan Gregorian

President, Carnegie Corporation of New York

“This is a formidable work you did for your father, for the victims of Stalinism, for the rebirth of our nation… for all of us. This is also very apropos, especially given the nostalgia for Stalin in the post-Soviet space (not excluding Armenia, much to my shame). I will cherish this book and take it with me wherever I go next.”

Grigor Hovhannissian

Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia

To the United States of America

(2008)

“Somehow Rubina’s candid vignettes about her father’s life, and her illustration of heartrending hardships, and the quiet suffering of herself, her mother and her sister brough out a deep level of sympathy in the reader for victims of physical and ideological wars, almost turning this biography into a historical novel, and a page turner for me.

….

This Volume is a valuable addition to Dr. Rubina Peroomian’s significant body of work, and a fulfilment of her ‘final’ duty to her father… a befitting tribute and testimonial to the memory of a valuable man.”

Shakeh Kaftarian, Ph.D.

Psychologist