ARTYSAKH CELEBRATES 3 ANNIVERSARIES

The 9 of May is celebrated in Artsakh as a day of 3 anniversaries. This is the day of victory in Great Patriotic War, day of Shushi liberation and day of creation of Nagorno Karabakh defense army. To put it pathetically, those who liberated Shushi were led by the same spirit that led their grandfathers to seize Berlin. That is perhaps true as Shushi's liberation was a legendary heroism. It's not accidental that that very day is marked as the day of creation of Artsakh defense army: only a regular army could organize and perform such an operation that the Armenian forces did. Shushi marked the beginning of further military success in Nagorno Karabakh war with the finally ceasefire in May 12 1994.
On the occasion of these anniversaries, the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh organized a number of arrangements. At a meeting in Stepanakert on May 8, the NKR President gave state awards to WW II veterans as well as participants of Shushi liberation. People laid flowers to the monument of the first tank that entered Shushi, to the monuments of Nelson Stepanian and Vazgen Sargsian. Holy liturgy was served at Surp Amenaprkich church of the town.
A concert organized by local groups and groups from Armenia and a firework in the Square of Revival followed in the evening of May 9.
By Kim Gabrielian in Stepanakert

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