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  • Monument To Fridtjof Nansen To Be Set In Yerevan

    MONUMENT TO FRIDTJOF NANSEN TO BE SET IN YEREVAN

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    June 20, 2011 - 18:42 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 20, a committee in charge of organisation
    of festive events to mark of Fridtjof Nansen's 150th anniversary,
    confirmed construction of a monument to the great humanitarian in
    the center of Yerevan.

    Armenian Ministry of Culture was instructed to announce a tender
    for monument construction project, with the results to be analyzed
    till August 1. The commitee will also consult with the Yerevan
    Municipality's arts concil concering the choice of the monument
    project.

    Fridtjof Nansen (10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian
    explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel laureate. From
    1925 onwards he spent much time trying to help Armenian refugees,
    victims of Armenian Genocide and further ill-treatment thereafter.

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