yeghishe charents (soghomonian), one of the nation's favourite poets - a famous philanderer who apparently sought the ussr kremlin's favours - produced a now famous poem called "the message". its praise of uncle joe might grind the average set of teeth down to the gum; it included the following: "a new light shone on the world... it is only this sunlight/which for centuries will stay alive." and more of the same.