MONUMENT TO GENERAL ERMOLOV BY INITIATIVE OF ARMENIAN DIASPORA

Panorama.am
19:06 08/10/2008

Monument to Russian General Aleksey Ermolov placed in Minvodi,
Stavropol region, dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the city. The
architect of the monument is Georgi Miasnikov, famous architect and
member of Union of Painters in Stavropol.

The project to create a monument has been supported by people living
in different corners of the world, but the major part of it has been
financed by Armenian Diaspora of Stavropol. Ataman Oleg Gubenkov
expressed his words of gratitude to the Armenian community in Russia,
especially Armenians living in that region and Artem Arzumanyan the
Chairman of the Community of Stavropol.

On October 4, during the opening ceremony of the monument, the high
ranking officials of the region mentioned that the Monument to General
Ermolov has strengthened the idea that Armenians and Cossacks have
been relatives for centuries.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress