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    HENRIK IGITYAN, 77, CHAMPION OF CONTEMPORARY ART

    http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2009-05-16- henrik-igityan-77-champion-of-contemporary-art
    Sat urday May 16, 2009

    Yerevan - Henrik Igityan, who rose to prominence as a champion of
    contemporary art in Soviet Armenia, died on May 11 in Yerevan. He
    was 77.

    A member of the delegation from Armenia in the Supreme Soviet of the
    USSR, Mr. Igityan was outspoken. After an effort to overthrow Soviet
    leader Mikhail Gorbachev had failed, he addressed Mr. Gorbachev in
    a session of the Supreme Soviet: So many people have been disloyal
    to you; so many have betrayed you. But, then again, how many people
    have you betrayed? He then added, in Armenian, an adage to the effect
    that as a "whore," Mr. Gorbachev had it coming to him.

    >From the same podium, he also famously complained of Russian domination
    of non-Russian republics, saying "God save us from the nationalism
    of the Great People!"

    It was thanks to Mr. Igityan's persistence that the Museum of
    Contemporary Art was opened in Yerevan in 1972 while the avant-garde
    art of the 1920s and 30s was still hidden in Moscow storerooms.

    President Serge Sargsian this week called Mr. Igityan "one of
    the pillars of Armenian culture." See Hayk Ghazaryan's profile of
    Mr. Igityan, which originally appeared in these pages on January
    19, 2008.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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