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Published on May 09, 2008
ARMENIAN PEOPLE MARKING VICTORY DAY AND SHUSHI LIBERATION DAY MAY 9
- Armenia is celebrating Victory Day on May 9. A number of events, specifically laying of wreaths to Yerablur Pantheon and Unknown Soldier’s Tomb in Victory Park will be held that day, RA Defense Minister’s spokesman, col. Seyran Shahsuvaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net. May 9 is also celebrated as Shushi Liberation Day, NKR Defense Army formation day. Various cultural and sports events are expected in the NKR capital on this day. A concert in Stepanakert’s Renaissance Square will end in fireworks. The Armenian delegation led by President Serzh Sargsyan will take part in the festivities.
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ARMENIAN PEOPLE MARKING VICTORY DAY AND SHUSHI LIBERATION DAY MAY 9
Armenia is celebrating Victory Day on May 9. A number of events, specifically laying of wreaths to Yerablur Pantheon and Unknown Soldier’s Tomb in Victory Park will be held that day, RA Defense Minister’s ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1847 Summit Meeting of the representatives of the Transcaucasian Armenian community.
- 1847 With the participation of the gentry and commoners, the National, Ecclesiastic, and Supreme Council is created in Constantinople. It is the first step towards the creation of the "Constitution".
- 1859 A Committee, consisting of 5 clergymen and 14 laymen, is struck in Constantinople to write the "Constitution". The Chariman was Rusinian.
- 1945 End of World War Two (known as the "Great Patriotic War" in the USSR).
- 1964 Death of Vahan Totomyants, professor and public figure.
- 1992 Shooshee (Artsakh) is liberated after 71 years of occupation by Azeri Turks.
- 1994 Protocol negotiated in the Artsakh War and signed in Bishkek (Kirgizstan) by the parliamentary speakers of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Artsakh as mediated by Presidents Boris Yeltsin of Russia and Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. This was the first recognition of Artsakhs distinctiveness as a political and territorial entity in the negotiations. Azerbaijan occupied 750 sq. km. (15%) of Artsakhs territory, while Artsakh occupied 7059 sq. km. (8%) of territory considered to have traditionally been possessed by Azerbaijan.
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