RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN RECEIVES USSR DOUBLE HEROES, COSMONAUTS ALEXEI LEONOV, VIKTOR GORBATKO AND VLADIMIR LYAKHOV

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May 20 2010

On May 19 the Speaker of RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan
received the USSR double heroes, cosmonauts Alexei Leonov, Viktor
Gorbatko and Vladimir Lyakhov.

Greeting the cosmonauts Hovik Abrahamyan considered significant their
visit to Armenia. During the warm and sincere talk the guests told
the Speaker of RA National Assembly about their meetings in Armenia,
saying that they were very impressed by them. In the city of Abovian
Alexei Leonov, Viktor Gorbatko and Vladimir Lyakhov were granted titles
of honorary citizens. They took part at the opening of the Cosmonauts’
Square of the city. At the meeting with RA National Assembly Speaker
the guests noted that next year would be the 50th anniversary of the
flight to space of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, and it would be
desirable to erect a monument dedicated to the cosmonautics, also
expecting the support from the National Assembly of the Republic
of Armenia.