Yan Shenkman

Yan Shenkman

Yan Shenkman is a writer, journalist, literary and music critic and author of five books. In March 2022, after the start of the war in Ukraine, he was forced to leave Russia and now lives in Armenia.

Monologues: The Homes They Lost in Artsakh

Monologues: The Homes They Lost in Artsakh

“The story of the house began with a smile and ended with tears,” writes Yan Shenkman, a Russian journalist, who moved to Armenia after the war in Ukraine started. He compiled monologues from the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh for an upcoming exhibition about the homes they lost.