MONUMENT FOR ADMIRAL HOVHANNESS ISAKOV OPENS IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22. ARMINFO. A monument for Hero of the great
Patriotic War Admiral Hovhanness Isakov has opened in Yerevan today on
the occasion of the 111th anniversary of the admiral.

Head of the General Staff of Armenia’s Armed Forces, Colonel General
Mikael Haroutiunyan and First Rank Captain of the Artyusha Sanoyan
opened the monument. Attending the solemn ceremony were
representatives of the Armenian Defense Ministry, diplomatic missions
accredit in Armenia, pupils. The authors of the monument are sculptors
Gevorg Gevorgyan and Robert Balayan, architect Levon
Lazarian. Creation and erection of the monument were financed by the
Armenian Defense Ministry. The territory nearing the monument was
beautified jointly with Yerevan Municipality.

It should be noted that the monument was to open on May 9 2005, but
the opening was postponed for technical reasons.