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'..gave them land, 14 calves, 2 cows and €10,000 in starting capital .. Patvakan plans to open a small bakery soon..'

<blockquote>Patvakan Akobajan, for example, heard the call. The 33-year-old Armenian resettled with his wife, mother-in-law and three children in Ushakovo, a village 200 kilometers from Blagoveshchensk, where he now lives in a sparkling clean house. He says: "I wake up every morning and can hardly believe our good fortune." The Russian authorities paid for the family's move, and gave them land, 14 calves, 2 cows and €10,000 in starting capital.

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The chairman of the district association praises the immigrants for their entrepreneurial spirit. Patvakan plans to open a small bakery soon and encourage relatives and friends to move to the area, as well.'

- Der Spiegel, Change in Russia's Far East, 05/06/2011</blockquote>