EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN CULTURAL TIES TO OPEN IN MOSCOW
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Oct 26 2006
MOSCOW, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Opening of the
exhibition entitled "Dialogue of Two Cultures: Russian-Armenian
Cultural Ties of XIX-XX Centuries" will take place on October 26, in
the Central Exhibition Complex of the Moscow Polytechnical Museum,
within the framework of the Year of Armenia in Russia. As the
"Yerkramas" (country) newspaper states quoting the Press Service of
the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation,
the exhibition was addressed to the wide society. Rare documentary
materials of art, science and public figures will be presented at
the exhibition.
Their life and works are closely tied with Armenia and Russia, among
them Hovhannes Aivazovski, Konstantin Halabian, Martiros Sarian, Aram
Khachatrian, Viktor Hambardzumian, Eduard Asadov, Yevgeni Vakhtangov,
Armen Dzhigarkhanian, Zaruhi Dolukhanian, Leonid Yengibarian, Lev
Kulijanov, Pavel Lisitsian, Sergey Parajanov, Marieta Shahinian and
many others are. There are original manuscripts of literary works and
writing of notes, paintings and drawings, models of photos and books
with autographs, portraits, personal things, biographic documents,
materials relating to history of Armenian church of Russia, etc. among
more than hundred of exhibits (majority of them is for the first
time presented to attention of wide audience). The Central Archive of
Armenia and some archives of Russia gave the exhibits. The exhibition
will function till December 10.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
