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October 9, 2005 Sunday 1:17 PM Eastern Time
Monument to Russian Cossacks unveiled in Yerevan
By Tigran Liloyan
YEREVAN
A monument to Russian Cossacks who died in the Russian-Persian and
Russian-Turkish wars in Armenia was unveiled in Yerevan on Sunday.
The monument was installed near a Russian Orthodox temple and the
Russian military base.
The monument location is not accidental, Yerevan Mayor Yervand
Zakharyan said at the ceremony. A Cossack regiment, who helped to
free Armenia from the invaders, was deployed on the place. Now it is
the location of a Russian military unit. "The fact that the monument
was unveiled on the Yerevan City Day is another proof to the lasting
friendship and brotherhood between peoples of Armenia and Russia,"
the mayor said.
"Russia and Armenia are connected by ties of kinship and
brotherhood," Rostov Governor Vladimir Chub said. "Our countries have
been dynamically developing, and this development is rooted in our
history," he said. A large Armenian community took residence in the
Don area in the times of Empress Yekaterina II, he said.
The history is not only the constructive labor but also the blood
spilled in the fight for independence, and it is a great sin to
forget about that, Kuban Cossack Troop Ataman Vladimir Gromov said.
"Today's event is an important reminder for future generations," he
said. "Russia and Cossacks have always been together with Armenia,
and at present our states and peoples are loyal to commandments of
their ancestors," he said.
Head of the Rostov Armenian community Eduard Vartanyan financed the
monument project.
TASS
October 9, 2005 Sunday 1:17 PM Eastern Time
Monument to Russian Cossacks unveiled in Yerevan
By Tigran Liloyan
YEREVAN
A monument to Russian Cossacks who died in the Russian-Persian and
Russian-Turkish wars in Armenia was unveiled in Yerevan on Sunday.
The monument was installed near a Russian Orthodox temple and the
Russian military base.
The monument location is not accidental, Yerevan Mayor Yervand
Zakharyan said at the ceremony. A Cossack regiment, who helped to
free Armenia from the invaders, was deployed on the place. Now it is
the location of a Russian military unit. "The fact that the monument
was unveiled on the Yerevan City Day is another proof to the lasting
friendship and brotherhood between peoples of Armenia and Russia,"
the mayor said.
"Russia and Armenia are connected by ties of kinship and
brotherhood," Rostov Governor Vladimir Chub said. "Our countries have
been dynamically developing, and this development is rooted in our
history," he said. A large Armenian community took residence in the
Don area in the times of Empress Yekaterina II, he said.
The history is not only the constructive labor but also the blood
spilled in the fight for independence, and it is a great sin to
forget about that, Kuban Cossack Troop Ataman Vladimir Gromov said.
"Today's event is an important reminder for future generations," he
said. "Russia and Cossacks have always been together with Armenia,
and at present our states and peoples are loyal to commandments of
their ancestors," he said.
Head of the Rostov Armenian community Eduard Vartanyan financed the
monument project.