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ARMENIAN MINISTRY: GENERAL ANDRANIK'S STATUE WILL BE ERECTED NEAR SOCHI
http://www.armenianow.com/news/30254/andranik_ozanian_statue_sochi
News | 09.06.11 | 10:46
Photo: www.wikipedia.org
The statue of Armenian General Andranik Ozanian that was dismantled in
the Russian city of Sochi even before being ceremonially unveiled late
last month will be moved to a nearby town, a spokesman for Armenia's
Diaspora Ministry confirmed on Wednesday.
In an interview with Tert.am Tevos Nersisyan said that the local
Armenian community had ignored the municipal regulations while erecting
the four-meter-tall monument to the revered Armenian national hero
of the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
"The Armenians initiated, ordered and got the statue ready and erected
it without asking the authorities [for permission], failing to observe
the basic regulations," the Ministry's representative explained,
adding that after days of negotiations the local authorities had
allowed the statue to be transported to Adler, which is home to a
larger Armenian community.
The monument to General Andranik in the village of Volkonka near Sochi
was to be ceremonially unveiled on May 28, the day marked by Armenians
as First Republic Day in memory of the short-lived independent
statehood in 1918-1920. But the night before the event the monument
was unexpectedly dismantled and removed by the Sochi representatives
of the Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR), who explained the move by
the pressure from the Sochi municipality. The UAR later pledged to
settle the matter.
http://www.armenianow.com/news/30254/andranik_ozanian_statue_sochi
News | 09.06.11 | 10:46
Photo: www.wikipedia.org
The statue of Armenian General Andranik Ozanian that was dismantled in
the Russian city of Sochi even before being ceremonially unveiled late
last month will be moved to a nearby town, a spokesman for Armenia's
Diaspora Ministry confirmed on Wednesday.
In an interview with Tert.am Tevos Nersisyan said that the local
Armenian community had ignored the municipal regulations while erecting
the four-meter-tall monument to the revered Armenian national hero
of the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
"The Armenians initiated, ordered and got the statue ready and erected
it without asking the authorities [for permission], failing to observe
the basic regulations," the Ministry's representative explained,
adding that after days of negotiations the local authorities had
allowed the statue to be transported to Adler, which is home to a
larger Armenian community.
The monument to General Andranik in the village of Volkonka near Sochi
was to be ceremonially unveiled on May 28, the day marked by Armenians
as First Republic Day in memory of the short-lived independent
statehood in 1918-1920. But the night before the event the monument
was unexpectedly dismantled and removed by the Sochi representatives
of the Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR), who explained the move by
the pressure from the Sochi municipality. The UAR later pledged to
settle the matter.