PODOLSK HOSTS THE DAY OF ARMENIAN CULTURE

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.10.2009 17:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Palace of Culture "October" in Podolsk, a city
neighboring Moscow, hosted October 20 The Day of Armenian culture .

The event was organized by the local Armenian cultural and educational
society "Nairi" in cooperation with the city administration and
with support of the Moscow-based "Russian-Armenian Commonwealth"
organization.

According to the Yerkramas newspaper of Armenians in Russia, adviser to
the Governor of Moscow region, deputy chief of Podolsk administration,
heads of the Moscow-based Armenian organizations addressed the official
part of the meeting.

Dwellers of Podolsk have familiarized with Armenian art groups,
"Flowers of Armenia" dance ensemble. The exhibition devoted to
the Armenian alphabet is also scheduled. It is projected to open a
division of Armenian literature in the local library. Podolsk is a
major city near Moscow, populated by more than 200 thousand people,
including 5 thousand Armenians.