I want to tell you now the story of Karabalà. He was a nobleman from Yerevan, in Armenia, not exactly well-regarded by the Soviet authorities. In 1937 he was arrested not only for his anti-Soviet activities (someone was scheming in the shadows). He was sent to Siberia, where he remained until the end of World War II. Everyone believed him to be dead; in fact, when he returned, he found that his wife (a very beautiful woman) had married another man. And not just anyone—an important figure in the Soviet nomenklatura.
Did he perhaps have something to do with Karabalà’s exile to Siberia?
The same thing happened in a Totò film (Letto a tre piazze) and in an Eduardo De Filippo play (Napoli milionaria).
By then, Karabalà had lost all his wealth and began selling flowers. He became famous and beloved because he would sell only to those he wanted to, and despite his own hunger, he would give away all the unsold flowers to the poor.
A bronze statue of Karabalà stands in the center of Yerevan (I took a photo of it and I’ll show it to you!).
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