‘TREASURES OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN’ TO EXHIBIT AT PUSHKIN MUSEUM
AZG Armenian Daily
28/03/2006
On April 1-20, within the frameworks the Days of Armenia in Russian
Federation the Armenian embassy to Moscow and the Mother See of
Holy Etchmiadzin will exhibit “Treasures of Holy Etchmiadzin” at the
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. The official opening ceremony will be
held at the Greek Courtyard of the museum on March.
Mediabrend Company informs that the ties of Pushkin Museum
with Armenian art go several decades back to 1950s when a group
of archeologists headed for Erebuni, Urartu city of 8th century
BC. Excavations ahead were to last more than 20 years, and its results
enriched the Russian museum with new exhibits.