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GENERAL ANDRANIK'S STATUE WILL BE ERECTED IN ADLER
PanARMENIAN.Net
21:20 ~U 08.06.11
Armenian General Andranik Ozanyan's statue in the Russian city of
Sochi has been dismantled to be moved to Adler, the spokesperson of
Armenia's Ministry of Diaspora has said.
Speaking to Tert.am Tevos Nersisyan said that the local Armenian
community had ignored municipal regulations while erecting the
four-meter high statue.
"The Armenians initiated, ordered, get the statue ready and erected
it without asking the authorities [for permission], not observing
basic regulations," said Nersisyan.
"A city's architecture has its clear-cut rules, hasn't it?" he asked.
The monument built by Armenian artist Marat Minasyan was to be
presented to the public on May 28, the day Armenia celebrates the
anniversary of its First Republic.
However, after it was erected, the mayor of Sochi, Anatoli Pakhomov,
issued a decision, urging the Armenians to tear it down. The statue
was demolished on May 27.
Further, Nersisyan played down the incident, saying that the statue
will not fade into oblivion as after days of negotiations the local
authorities permitted to transport it another Russian city - Adler -
whish is home to a larger Armenian community.
PanARMENIAN.Net
21:20 ~U 08.06.11
Armenian General Andranik Ozanyan's statue in the Russian city of
Sochi has been dismantled to be moved to Adler, the spokesperson of
Armenia's Ministry of Diaspora has said.
Speaking to Tert.am Tevos Nersisyan said that the local Armenian
community had ignored municipal regulations while erecting the
four-meter high statue.
"The Armenians initiated, ordered, get the statue ready and erected
it without asking the authorities [for permission], not observing
basic regulations," said Nersisyan.
"A city's architecture has its clear-cut rules, hasn't it?" he asked.
The monument built by Armenian artist Marat Minasyan was to be
presented to the public on May 28, the day Armenia celebrates the
anniversary of its First Republic.
However, after it was erected, the mayor of Sochi, Anatoli Pakhomov,
issued a decision, urging the Armenians to tear it down. The statue
was demolished on May 27.
Further, Nersisyan played down the incident, saying that the statue
will not fade into oblivion as after days of negotiations the local
authorities permitted to transport it another Russian city - Adler -
whish is home to a larger Armenian community.