 Khanzadyan often recalls the long history of strong Armenian and Russian relations that have evolved over the centuries.Later on he would use this idea in his “Mkhitar Sparapet” (1961) and other works.Khanzadyan in one of his interviews mentioned that the work on a story about Mkhitar Sparapet and David Bek, the great defenders of the Armenian nation of the early 18th century, had begun while he was still at the war.