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WORKSHOP ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN CUBA
By Melania Badalian
AZG Armenian Daily #060
04/04/2006
On April 25, workshop "Armenia and the Armenians in the Context of
World Culture" will be held at Archeological and Museum-Reserve after
Felitsin in Kuban, southern Russia. During the workshop an exhibition
of household articles of Kuban's Armenians and culture; a concert of
Armenian folk music will close the workshop.
The initiators of the workshop are the Southern Diocese of the
Armenian Church in Russia, the state university of Kuban, the Center
for Ponto-Caucasian Studies, the Center for Study of Northern Caucasian
History and the Armenian community of Krasnodar.
The workshop is dedicated to the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
of 1915-1923 that claimed lives of more nearly 2 million Armenians,
Yerkramas Armenian newspaper of Russian informs reminding that suchlike
workshop was held in 2005, too. The last time it was held Turkish
consul general in Novorosiysk Ahmed Reza Demirer sent an official
letter to the rector of the Kuban university that hosted the workshop.
Nevertheless, the event took place and a document was adopted calling
on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide if it wants to join the
European family.
By Melania Badalian
AZG Armenian Daily #060
04/04/2006
On April 25, workshop "Armenia and the Armenians in the Context of
World Culture" will be held at Archeological and Museum-Reserve after
Felitsin in Kuban, southern Russia. During the workshop an exhibition
of household articles of Kuban's Armenians and culture; a concert of
Armenian folk music will close the workshop.
The initiators of the workshop are the Southern Diocese of the
Armenian Church in Russia, the state university of Kuban, the Center
for Ponto-Caucasian Studies, the Center for Study of Northern Caucasian
History and the Armenian community of Krasnodar.
The workshop is dedicated to the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
of 1915-1923 that claimed lives of more nearly 2 million Armenians,
Yerkramas Armenian newspaper of Russian informs reminding that suchlike
workshop was held in 2005, too. The last time it was held Turkish
consul general in Novorosiysk Ahmed Reza Demirer sent an official
letter to the rector of the Kuban university that hosted the workshop.
Nevertheless, the event took place and a document was adopted calling
on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide if it wants to join the
European family.