As a school girl I dreamed about my city one day becoming a really big capital to host presidents of foreign states, as well as ordinary tourists from abroad window shopping large local stores and dining at fancy local restaurants.
But life in the small provincial town of Soviet-era Stepanakert proceeded at a measured, conservative step, leaving little room for any expectations of real big changes, and even smaller ones weren't anywhere in the offing. After graduating from school many Karabakhis would leave for studies in big cities, some of them later pursuing really successful careers as scientists and scholars, military men, etc. They usually visited Karabakh during summer vacations. Back then, Stepanakert resembled a large town of summer homes. By the accents of those visitors one could easily tell whether these "holidaymakers" were permanent residents of Yerevan, Baku or the North Caucasus (Russia).
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