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MONUMENT TO LEGENDARY ARMENIAN GENERAL ANDRANIK TO APPEAR IN SOCHI
Russia-InfoCenter
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/10994/
Nov 9 2010
A monument to the legendary general Andranik Ozanyan, a participant
of the Armenian national-liberation movement against Turkey in the
early 20th century, will be set up in Lazarevsky District of Sochi.
Commander Andranik is the national hero of Armenia and Bulgaria,
one of the most active participants of liberation struggle of the
Armenian people against the Turks in Western Armenia (nowadays the
territory of Turkey) of the early 20th century.
The idea of establishing the monument belongs to the Armenian
community of the Lazarevsky District, many representatives of which
are descendants of the Armenians rescued by General Andranik in days
of the Genocide of Armenians of 1915-1923 in Ottoman Turkey.
The author of the monument is the People Artist of Armenia sculptor
Marat Minasyan. The monument that weighs several tons will be around
4 meters high.
It took creators almost 4 years to complete the monument, which was
financed from public donations.
From: A. Papazian
Russia-InfoCenter
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/10994/
Nov 9 2010
A monument to the legendary general Andranik Ozanyan, a participant
of the Armenian national-liberation movement against Turkey in the
early 20th century, will be set up in Lazarevsky District of Sochi.
Commander Andranik is the national hero of Armenia and Bulgaria,
one of the most active participants of liberation struggle of the
Armenian people against the Turks in Western Armenia (nowadays the
territory of Turkey) of the early 20th century.
The idea of establishing the monument belongs to the Armenian
community of the Lazarevsky District, many representatives of which
are descendants of the Armenians rescued by General Andranik in days
of the Genocide of Armenians of 1915-1923 in Ottoman Turkey.
The author of the monument is the People Artist of Armenia sculptor
Marat Minasyan. The monument that weighs several tons will be around
4 meters high.
It took creators almost 4 years to complete the monument, which was
financed from public donations.
From: A. Papazian