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Mayor is chief kazak in Gyumri
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06:50 pm | December 24, 2011 | Social
Among those attending today's assembly held by the "International
Union for the Armenian-Kazak Friendship and Cooperation" were
representative of the RA Ministry of Defense Felix Grigoryan, Deputy
Mayor of Gyumri Rudik Hovhannisyan, guests from the Land Defenders'
Union and the governors of the provinces where the organization is
represented.
Chief ataman of the Shirak province Ashot Simonyan is certain that the
St. Artemis Orthodox Church, spiritual and cultural centers, the
international Kazak Cadet Corpus will soon be built on the 8 ha land
provided by Mayor of Gyumri, chief ataman Vardan Ghukasyan and that
they will serve for the Armenian-Kazak friendship.
The "International Union for the Armenian-Kazak Friendship and
Cooperation" was founded in Gyumri on January 10, 2006.
"Our organization currently has 1,200-1,300 members from the entire
province. We have mainly accepted men who have fought and have served
in the army, and there are only 10 percent Kazak descendants. Our goal
is to protect the nation and defend the borders. We educate our
organization's members with the spirit of patriotism. Twenty of our
men are currently defending the Armenian-Georgian border," Ashot
Simonyan told "A1+".
The Russian Federation will be sponsoring the restoration of the
Orthodox Church and the centers in Gyumri.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/12/24/kazak
06:50 pm | December 24, 2011 | Social
Among those attending today's assembly held by the "International
Union for the Armenian-Kazak Friendship and Cooperation" were
representative of the RA Ministry of Defense Felix Grigoryan, Deputy
Mayor of Gyumri Rudik Hovhannisyan, guests from the Land Defenders'
Union and the governors of the provinces where the organization is
represented.
Chief ataman of the Shirak province Ashot Simonyan is certain that the
St. Artemis Orthodox Church, spiritual and cultural centers, the
international Kazak Cadet Corpus will soon be built on the 8 ha land
provided by Mayor of Gyumri, chief ataman Vardan Ghukasyan and that
they will serve for the Armenian-Kazak friendship.
The "International Union for the Armenian-Kazak Friendship and
Cooperation" was founded in Gyumri on January 10, 2006.
"Our organization currently has 1,200-1,300 members from the entire
province. We have mainly accepted men who have fought and have served
in the army, and there are only 10 percent Kazak descendants. Our goal
is to protect the nation and defend the borders. We educate our
organization's members with the spirit of patriotism. Twenty of our
men are currently defending the Armenian-Georgian border," Ashot
Simonyan told "A1+".
The Russian Federation will be sponsoring the restoration of the
Orthodox Church and the centers in Gyumri.