Kaputikyan called for " peaceful revenge " in regards the Armenian Genocide . In the book '' Midway Contemplations '' ( 1961 ) she wrote : " You must take revenge by continuing to live . " On 24 April 1965 , on the fiftieth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide a large demonstration took place in Yerevan . Kaputikyan was among the speakers who commemorated in their speeches the Armenian intellectuals who were deported and killed in 1915 . Along with the famed poet Paruyr Sevak , she was one of the main figures during the demonstration . Subsequently , she and Sevak were invited to Moscow , where the Soviet government sanctioned the construction of an Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan , which was completed in 1967 . She later criticized the Soviet leadership for their policies regarding the April 1965 genocide commemorations in Soviet Armenia . She contrasted the " unrestrained commemorations " in the Armenian diaspora with the commemorations in Yerevan , which according to her , " lacked the necessary depth and breadth " . In 1966 she cited the independence of the Soviet Armenian government as a cause of the demonstration
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Silva Kaputikyan