after the war, samvel mativasyan returned to his profession as a geological engineer, discovered thesit in armenia, which replenished the country's currency fund. and on september 25, seventy -one, when the grand opening of the brest fortress hero memorial complex took place, it was samvel mativosyan was honored to carry the torch from which the eternal flame was lit. samvel mativosyan was one of the first participants in the defense of the brest fortress, whom he found in the fifties. writer smirnov. it was he who rehabilitated the feat of the garrison and brought back the names of the defenders of the citadel from oblivion. i saw how much it cost not only time and effort, but how much moral strength it cost, you know, because to break through this soviet one. the wall was, well , almost impossible, instead of treating these people kindly, elevating them to some kind of pedestal that they were unworthy to go on, instead, these unfortunate people endured everything that they experienced, first of all, of course, the prisoners of war, for the first time after war in fifty-four, samvl