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ARMENIA AND KARABAKH MARK V-DAY AND SHOUSHI LIBERATION DAY ON MAY 9
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.05.2007 09:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On May 9 Armenia marks the V-Day and the Day of
Yerkrapah (Union of Volunteers of the Karabakh war). In connection
with these holidays a number of events will be held in the republic.
Particularly events of placing wreaths in "Yerablur" pantheon and
Victory Park, as well as attending to the "Mother Armenia" museum are
scheduled, Defense Ministry Spokesman colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told
the PanARMENIAN.Net. Participants of events with a minute of silence
will honor the memory of those who perished their lives during battles,
after which a military parade will be held. A concert will be organized
in the Republic Square, which will be concluded by fireworks.
On May 9 Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh mark not only as V-Day in the
World War II, but also as Shoushi Liberation Day, as well as the
foundation day of the NKR Defense Army.
On May 9 in the Revival Square of Stepanakert a military parade of
NKR Defense Army will be held.
After it the Armenian delegation at the head of President Robert
Kocharian together with NKR leadership and President Arkadi Ghukassian
will visit the Memorial Complex of Stepanakert. They will place wreaths
to the monument in memory of those who died during the war. An event
of placing flowers to the tank-monument that first attacked Shoushi
will be organized in Shoushi. In the center of Shoushi officials
will also lay flowers to the monument of Vazgen Sargsyan, military
leader and Prime Minister of Armenia, who was killed during Armenian
National Assembly's session in 1999.
Besides the Center of Crafts will be opened in Shoushi. Also a
photo exhibition entitled "Shoushi with Children's eyes" will be
held. Participants of events will attend the St. Kazanchetsost Church
of Shoushi. The "Shoushi Revival" Fund will organize a number of events
in Shoushi. Particularly it is going to open a movie theater in the
town and conduct the "Golden Apricot" film festival. In the evening of
May 8 video projection and presentation of the new general layout, as
well as the new coat of arms and Fund's plans for reconstructing the
town will be shown on the walls of Shoushi fortress. In the evening
President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkadi Ghukassian will
held a reception. At the end a holiday concert with participation of
local and invited singers will be organized in the Revival Square of
Stepanakert. A mass firework will conclude the concert.
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.05.2007 09:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On May 9 Armenia marks the V-Day and the Day of
Yerkrapah (Union of Volunteers of the Karabakh war). In connection
with these holidays a number of events will be held in the republic.
Particularly events of placing wreaths in "Yerablur" pantheon and
Victory Park, as well as attending to the "Mother Armenia" museum are
scheduled, Defense Ministry Spokesman colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told
the PanARMENIAN.Net. Participants of events with a minute of silence
will honor the memory of those who perished their lives during battles,
after which a military parade will be held. A concert will be organized
in the Republic Square, which will be concluded by fireworks.
On May 9 Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh mark not only as V-Day in the
World War II, but also as Shoushi Liberation Day, as well as the
foundation day of the NKR Defense Army.
On May 9 in the Revival Square of Stepanakert a military parade of
NKR Defense Army will be held.
After it the Armenian delegation at the head of President Robert
Kocharian together with NKR leadership and President Arkadi Ghukassian
will visit the Memorial Complex of Stepanakert. They will place wreaths
to the monument in memory of those who died during the war. An event
of placing flowers to the tank-monument that first attacked Shoushi
will be organized in Shoushi. In the center of Shoushi officials
will also lay flowers to the monument of Vazgen Sargsyan, military
leader and Prime Minister of Armenia, who was killed during Armenian
National Assembly's session in 1999.
Besides the Center of Crafts will be opened in Shoushi. Also a
photo exhibition entitled "Shoushi with Children's eyes" will be
held. Participants of events will attend the St. Kazanchetsost Church
of Shoushi. The "Shoushi Revival" Fund will organize a number of events
in Shoushi. Particularly it is going to open a movie theater in the
town and conduct the "Golden Apricot" film festival. In the evening of
May 8 video projection and presentation of the new general layout, as
well as the new coat of arms and Fund's plans for reconstructing the
town will be shown on the walls of Shoushi fortress. In the evening
President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkadi Ghukassian will
held a reception. At the end a holiday concert with participation of
local and invited singers will be organized in the Revival Square of
Stepanakert. A mass firework will conclude the concert.