Men leave to work and return only in the fall. Only women live in villages in Armenia

Men leave the villages in the spring to work on construction sites, usually in Russia, and they return in the fall. The wages for men in villages in Armenia are too low. Women and the entire household remain until their return. Many even try to start their own businesses. "We joke that in the neighbouring village of Nor Kyank, women can dance right on the street, there is no one to be ashamed of, there are no men left at all. We spend 30 cents (equivalent in drams) for 1 kg of grapes, and we sell to buyers for 27 cents. Who will be left to work in such conditions?" - stories from the village of Taperakan in Armenia.

Few people know about life in the villages in the Caucasus, trying to survive in a situation where government support is minimal and there is almost no private investment. Labor is almost all manual, and young people, who could bring new knowledge and effective methods of working with land and livestock, are fleeing hopelessness search of education and work in the cities or even outside the region.

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