Introductory article, drafting and notes L. M. Mkrtchyan . Leningrad: Soviet writer (Leningrad branch), 1972. — 392 s. , il. Circulation of 20,000 copies. - C. 90 kopecks. — (Poet's Library.) The Grand Series . 2nd Edition . The book opens with samples of Armenian pagan poetry recorded in the 5th century, but dating back to times much more distant; folk lyrics are represented by love, hardworking, lullaby songs, as well as cries, songs of exile and wandering. A significant part of the book was the works of prominent Armenian poets of the V-XVII centuries - Mesrop Mashtots, Grigor Narekaci, Nerses Shnorali, Kostandin Erznkaci, Grigor Akhtamartsi, Naapet Kuchak .. For the first time in Russian, poems by Khachatur Kecharetsi, Kerovbe, Nerses Mokatsi, Martiros Krymetsi and other poets are published . Folk songs, poems of the poets of the Armenian Middle Ages are given in translations by V. Bryusova, M. Lozinsky, N. Tihonova, P. Antokolsky, V. by N. Grebneva and other Russian poets . Many translations are made specifically for this edition, for the first time carried out in Russian in such a volume .