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HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: MIKOYAN GRANDSON AGAINST PLAN TO ERECT CONTROVERSIAL STATUE
08:55 â~@¢ 28.05.14
The grandson of Anastas Mikoyan, the Soviet-era ethnic Armenian
statesman whose statue the Yerevan municipality wanted to erect in
the capital, is said to be against the controversial plan.
The paper says it sent a written request to Stas Namin on May 14,
asking him to comment on the city authorities' decision and informing
him of the public reaction to the plan. Mikoyan's grandson, a musician
and painter who heads the Stas Namin Cultural-Educational center, is
said to have first expressed a desire to know more about the Stalin-era
repressions and the statesman's involvement in the execution of people
across the USSR. He reportedly asked the Haykakan Zhamanak journalist
to send him the electronic copies of the historical records, as well
as the links to the media reports addressing the public resonance.
The paper says it sent about a dozen of materials to Mr Namin two days
later. And after studying the records, the artist reportedly answered
that he was against the erection of any monument. Тhe paper cites
Namin as saying that memory has live in the people's hearts and minds,
not in granite or bronze.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/05/28/hz/
From: A. Papazian
08:55 â~@¢ 28.05.14
The grandson of Anastas Mikoyan, the Soviet-era ethnic Armenian
statesman whose statue the Yerevan municipality wanted to erect in
the capital, is said to be against the controversial plan.
The paper says it sent a written request to Stas Namin on May 14,
asking him to comment on the city authorities' decision and informing
him of the public reaction to the plan. Mikoyan's grandson, a musician
and painter who heads the Stas Namin Cultural-Educational center, is
said to have first expressed a desire to know more about the Stalin-era
repressions and the statesman's involvement in the execution of people
across the USSR. He reportedly asked the Haykakan Zhamanak journalist
to send him the electronic copies of the historical records, as well
as the links to the media reports addressing the public resonance.
The paper says it sent about a dozen of materials to Mr Namin two days
later. And after studying the records, the artist reportedly answered
that he was against the erection of any monument. Тhe paper cites
Namin as saying that memory has live in the people's hearts and minds,
not in granite or bronze.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/05/28/hz/
From: A. Papazian