ARMENIAN FAIR IN MOSCOW GATHERS 200.000 VISITORS
By Aghavni Harutyunian

AZG Armenian Daily #184
13/10/2005

Russians Show Interest in Armenian Dairy Products, Dried Fruits
and Juices

“The first open-air fair of Armenian goods in Pushkin Square of
Moscow on September 20-25 gathered around 200.000 visitors”, Vahagn
Movsisian, executive director of Armenian Agency for Development,
told yesterday’s press conference.

The fair was organized within the frameworks of Armenian-Russian
trade-economic cooperation. The Moscow authorities supported the
organizers in opening the fair and did not even charge money for
using the Pushkin Square for two days.

Interestingly, the Muscovite Russians and Armenians were greatly
interested in Armenian cheese, dairy products, dried fruits and
juices. The pavilions selling cheese run out of it in 1.5 hour after
opening the fair; the remaining 20 kg was taken away to put up the
next day.

Among other products on the display there were 48 sorts of Armenian
wines, jewellery, gobelins, goods of ceramic, silverware and canvases
of Armenian painters.

One of the major events of the fair was the sale of self-tuition manual
of Armenian language, 80 percent of which was bought by Russians.