NKR: Ts Shushi May Become Armenian Cultural Capital

[Talalian Arpi]

TS SHUSHI MAY BECOME ARMENIAN CULTURAL CAPITAL

Armenpress
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
10 April 2006

The Shushi Foundation decided to bring into being the idea of
making Shushi an all-Armenian centre of education, culture and
tourism. The manager of the foundation Bakur Karapetyan told news
reporters that the online referendum on "Shushi Cultural Capital
of All Armenians" has started, and everyone can donate a symbolic
sum to the foundation. The program will reconstruct the city that
used to be an all-Armenian cultural centre in the 19th century, and
turn the fortress into a centre of peace and culture. "First of all
people should recognize the cultural values of Artsakh," said Bakur
Karapetyan. Bakur Karapetyan said the city was divided into zones of
tourism, culture, education, the spiritual, and the foundation has
foreseen to implement a series of successive projects. The foundation
did a scientific research of the historical and cultural heritage
of Shushi. Successful archaeological studies were carried out. Bakur
Karapetyan also informed that the foundation is accumulating material
for the encyclopedia of the Artsakh war.