DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Sept 20 2005
THE TOWN OF SURB KHACH (BUDENNOVSK) IS 206
The town of Buddenovsk is 206. According to the newspaper of
Armenians of Russia Yerkramas, today inhabitants of the town are
celebrating `the Day of the city’.
Since the morning people gathered at the town’s central square, where
the festival of the three cultures: Slavic, Armenian and Caucasian,
opened. Numerous guests from the Armenian communities of the
Stavropol region took part in the concert.
Igor Lazaryan is a young leader of the Armenian community of `the
Saint Cross’ who contributed to the holiday’s organization. He said
the celebration was great. He added they would do their best to
organize such a great holiday next year.
A NOTE: the town of Surb Khach (the Saint Cross, now Budennovsk) was
founded in 1799 by Armenians – emigrants from Karabakh.