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ARMENIAN POET'S HOUSE IN TBILISI TO BECOME CULTURAL CENTER
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January 31, 2012 | 14:49
YEREVAN. - Once Armenian Gyumri city Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan purchases
the great Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan's house in the Georgian
capital Tbilisi, it will become an Armenian-Georgian-or simply a
literary, cultural, and educational-center, Lori Patriotic Union
Chairman-and Armenian State Language Inspectorate Chief-Sergo Yeritsyan
stated during a press conference on Tuesday, adding that Tbilisi City
Hall expressed readiness to renovate the house.
Reflecting on the purchase price, Writers' Union Chairman Levon Ananyan
noted that 1m2 is worth $ 800-1,300 in that area. "I will provide
the required amount," Vardan Ghukasyan has said, according to Ananyan.
In her turn, Hovhannes Tumanyan's granddaughter Irma Safrastbekyan
informed with delight that the problem is resolved, and that their
family will no longer deal with this matter.
To note, Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan has signed a note of obligation
to purchase Hovhannes Tumanyan's house in Tbilisi.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the ruling coalition's
Prosperous Armenia Party Chairman, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan has
no intentions to purchase Hovhannes Tumanyan's house in Tbilisi,
Tsarukyan's spokesperson Khachik Galstyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am,
refuting the media rumors on the purchase.
Armenian News-NEWS.am tried to clarify what the Ministry of Culture's
conclusion was after the Armenian delegation, led by Writers'
Union Chairman Levon Ananyan, recently visited Tbilisi. The Ministry
responded that the house already has a buyer who is going to grant it
to the Armenian community, but on the condition that it will later
be turned into a cultural center. The future of the house also was
discussed in the meeting convened at PM Tigran Sargsyan's residence
on Jan. 26.
Tumanyan's house could have been sold. Part of it was purchased by
a Georgian businessman in the 1990s, who was going to sell it to
the Turkish-Georgian Geo Turan company. As a result, the company
intended to turn it into a hostel for Turkish citizens. The company
asked Tumanyan's great-grandson Alen Tumanyan to sell the other part
of the house, but this was rejected.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
news.am
January 31, 2012 | 14:49
YEREVAN. - Once Armenian Gyumri city Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan purchases
the great Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan's house in the Georgian
capital Tbilisi, it will become an Armenian-Georgian-or simply a
literary, cultural, and educational-center, Lori Patriotic Union
Chairman-and Armenian State Language Inspectorate Chief-Sergo Yeritsyan
stated during a press conference on Tuesday, adding that Tbilisi City
Hall expressed readiness to renovate the house.
Reflecting on the purchase price, Writers' Union Chairman Levon Ananyan
noted that 1m2 is worth $ 800-1,300 in that area. "I will provide
the required amount," Vardan Ghukasyan has said, according to Ananyan.
In her turn, Hovhannes Tumanyan's granddaughter Irma Safrastbekyan
informed with delight that the problem is resolved, and that their
family will no longer deal with this matter.
To note, Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan has signed a note of obligation
to purchase Hovhannes Tumanyan's house in Tbilisi.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the ruling coalition's
Prosperous Armenia Party Chairman, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan has
no intentions to purchase Hovhannes Tumanyan's house in Tbilisi,
Tsarukyan's spokesperson Khachik Galstyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am,
refuting the media rumors on the purchase.
Armenian News-NEWS.am tried to clarify what the Ministry of Culture's
conclusion was after the Armenian delegation, led by Writers'
Union Chairman Levon Ananyan, recently visited Tbilisi. The Ministry
responded that the house already has a buyer who is going to grant it
to the Armenian community, but on the condition that it will later
be turned into a cultural center. The future of the house also was
discussed in the meeting convened at PM Tigran Sargsyan's residence
on Jan. 26.
Tumanyan's house could have been sold. Part of it was purchased by
a Georgian businessman in the 1990s, who was going to sell it to
the Turkish-Georgian Geo Turan company. As a result, the company
intended to turn it into a hostel for Turkish citizens. The company
asked Tumanyan's great-grandson Alen Tumanyan to sell the other part
of the house, but this was rejected.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress