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ARMENIA SENDS COMMISSION TO TBILISI TO INVESTIGATE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING FIRE IN SURB NSHAN CHURCH
- Armenia has sent a commission, comprising specialists, to Tbilisi for investigating the circumstances surrounding the fire in Surb Nshan church. The commission is headed by Serzhik Arakelyan, head of the government agency for preserving historical monuments. Armenian specialists will investigate the circumstances surrounding the fire and decide on measures together with Georgian Ministry of Culture representatives. Surb Nshan Armenian church of Tbilisi caught fire Monday night, January 9. The southeastern pillar collapsed while the fire was being extinguished.
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Today in Armenian history- 1921 Drastamat Kanayan (Dro), Supreme Commander of the Armenian Army, together with a group of Armenian officers, is exiled from Armenia. He died in 1956, in the USA.
- 1924 Creation of the "Girk" (book) publishing house in Yerevan, under the direction of Martiros Saryan.
- 1936 The Komitas String Quartet earns the First Place at the USSR Chamber Ensemble Competition.
- 1942 The 390th Armenian division is formed in the Kerch peninsula under Colonel S. Zakyan. The 409th division, reinforced by Armenian soldiers and officers in Armenia, is renamed the Armenian Division under the command of A. Vassilyan.
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