SYMBOLISM DEDICATED TO 60-TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN GPW REACHED
VICTORY PARK IN YEREVAN
04.04.2005 06:11
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The symbolism dedicated to the 60-th anniversary of
the victory in the Great Patriotic reached the Victory Park in Yerevan
today, IA Regnum reports. The symbolism is shaped as a pennant with
the order of Victory depicted on one side and the symbol of the CIS
on the other. To note, the baton was passed to the Armenian party at
the border with Georgia. According lieutenant colonel Khachatrian, the
symbolism will be taken to the Russian town of Murmansk on April 5 and
then continue its way along the CIS state borders up to the Poklonnaya
Gora in Moscow. During today’s event in the Victory Park commander
of the frontier troops of the Armenian National Security Service,
Colonel Vyacheslav Voskanian stated that “the baton symbolizes not
only the victory of the soviet people but also strengthens ties and
friendship between the peoples of the former soviet republics. To
note, the baton was carried along the Armenian-Georgian border. In
their turn the Russian frontier guards carried it along the perimeter
of the Armenian border guarded by them.