VISIT TO ANDRANIK OZANIAN

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16 oct 08

On October 16 RA NA President Mr Hovik Abrahamyan visited Andranik
Ozanian’s museum functioning in Yerevan. The director of the museum
Mr Ilyich Beglaryan introduced the NA President the history of the
creation of the museum. Due to lasting and detailed searches the
director of the museum succeeded to collect in Armenia the personal
belongings, historical documents, paintings regarding the commander
and his soldiers and books, newspapers telling about them received
from Andranik’s companions-in-arms and relatives residing in the
city of Plovdiv of Bulgaria, Paris. The most important items of the
museum are the gifts of the Armenian well known cultural figures, to
which during some period before the commander’s hand touched. Telling
about Andranik Ozanian’s activity the director of the museum informed
the NA President that his frequent guests are the schoolchildren,
who have lessons of history and patriostism in the halls full of
historical documents.

NA President Mr Hovik Abrahamyan thanked Mr Ilyich Beglaryan for his
grateful work done: for collecting the commander’s reliquaries in
Yerevan, for presenting his life and activity in detail and expressed
willingness to support the museum in its work.
From: Baghdasarian