FIRST CENTER OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN CIS TO OPEN IN ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.11.2009 18:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian culturologists can easier go to Paris or
Los Angeles than Moscow, Alexei Lidov said during the presentation of
a new book "New Jerusalem. ‘Hierotopy’ (Ierotopia) and iconography of
sacred spaces, "collection of essays by leading Russian and foreign
researchers. Alexei Lidov is editor and complier of the book.

According to him, unlike Russia, visits of Armenian culture experts
in Europe are sponsored. "Russia’s government has been asleep for a
long time and it is time to break this situation", Alexei Lidov said.

According to Russia’s Ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko
there is a need to restore the Armenian-Russian relations. "There is a
"Hill of Honor" in Gyumri, where 156 Russian officers are buried. The
Memorial built at that place was eventually destroyed. We want to
restore this monument ", Vyacheslav Kovalenko said, adding that it
is a joint Armenian-Russia project. According to him, the opening
ceremony of the monument will be timed to 65th anniversary of the
Victory in Great Patriotic War.

Counselor of the Embassy of Russia in Armenia Victor Krivopuskov
said that the first Center of Russian language in CIS will open in
Armenia. He also infrmed that Teachers Association of Russian language
in Armenia has already been revived and on December 11 Armenia will
host a congress of Russian language teachers.