Kaputikyan was increasingly critical of the government of independent Armenia 's second president , Robert Kocharyan . On 14 April 2004 , she wrote an open letter titled " Kocharyan Must Go " ( « Քոչարյանը պետք է հեռանա » ) , where she called for his resignation and protested the violent crackdown on an opposition demonstration on 12/13 April , which left dozens injured . She also returned the Mesrop Mashtots Medal she had been awarded by Kocharyan in 1999 . Regarding the beating of the opposition politician Ashot Manucharyan , Kaputikyan stated : " Beating in Armenia has become the basic means of politics and the most influential part of state terror . All cases when force has been used should be viewed from this standpoint . " ArmeniaNow reported that she thus became " an opposition celebrity " . She also wrote that a responsible politician would have resigned after the 1999 shooting in the Armenian parliament when Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and Parliament Speaker Karen Demirchyan were assassinated , among others . In response , Kocharyan stated that the Mesrop Mashtots Medal is not his medal , but that of the Republic of Armenia . He added that he regrets that is how Kaputikyan 's views the " essence of our state " and does not contribute to " our nation 's respect for education of the young generation . " Kaputikyan is among the most notable Armenian women in history . She became a classic of Armenian literature during her lifetime and her poems have been included in school literature programs . Kaputikyan is often referred to in Armenian circles as Ամենայն հայոց բանաստեղծուհի , which literally translates to " Poetess of All Armenians " and imitates the " Poet of All Armenians " title given to Hovhannes Tumanyan , which itself derives from the Catholicos of All Armenians , the head of the Armenian Church . She was " one of the best-known and widely quoted Soviet Armenian poets " . An Armenian government press release on her death described Kaputikyan as " one of the most outstanding Armenian poets of the 20th century " . '' Aravot '' reported in 2004 that she is the " last of her kind . " In 1989 journalist and political analyst Bohdan Nahaylo described Kaputikyan as one of the " highly respected non-Russian cultural figures " of the Soviet Union
1999 shooting in the Armenian parliament
Armenian parliament shooting
Silva Kaputikyan