ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia Monday Evening of Ukrainian music was held in Yerevan House-Museum of Sergey Parajanov Yerevan August 21 Alina Hovhannisyan. On August 19, an evening of Ukrainian music was held in the Yerevan House Museum of Sergei Parajanov. In a close circle of friends of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Armenia, the vocal ensemble "Dnipro", which turned 20 this year, performed a number of folk songs under the artistic direction of Nune Aroyan. During the music program, Ukrainian writer Mikhail Kotsyubinsky - "A Writing Board", sounded a famous song from the cult film by Sergei Parajanov "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" on the motives of the same story. "I am very happy that we managed to organize such a wonderful evening today," Zaven Sargsyan, director of the museum house, said in his welcoming speech, noting that he was a longtime admirer of Ukrainian music. He noted that Sergei Paradzhanov was the person who could unite around him people of different nationalities, in particular Armenians, Georgians, Ukrainians, Russians, etc. "This is exactly the feature that is extremely necessary in our days and which can exclude enmity ", Z. Sargsyan stressed. For her part, the head of the NGO "Federation of Ukrainian Armenians" Anna Harutyunyan noted that Paradzhanov was a close person for her. Having Armenian-Ukrainian roots, Mrs. Harutyunyan's childhood passed in Tbilisi, in the same area where Sergey Josifovich lived. She noted that S. Parajanov united people with his love, creativity, and, despite all the difficulties that he had to go through, he remained a cheerful person. "I like the phrase that Sergey Yosifovich said about himself most of all:" I am an Armenian who was born in Tbilisi, who was imprisoned in the Ukrainian prison for Ukrainian nationalism, "A. Harutyunyan cited. At the evening there were also official guests, including employees of the Embassy of Ukraine in Armenia. "I've been in Armenia for more than a month and I want to say that I'm just delighted with the Armenian people," said Taras Yakovenko, advisor to the Ambassador of Ukraine to the RA for cultural issues. Expressing gratitude to Mr. Sargsyan for the initiative in organizing the evening of Ukrainian music, the staff of the Embassy of Ukraine noted that the Museum really has a special spirit. "Sergei Parajanov was and remains the cultural bridge that unites Ukraine and Armenia," he stressed. It is noteworthy that both the members of the Ukrainian community and the Armenians attended the event in the House-Museum of Sergei Parajanov, who attended the event with the aim of getting closer to Ukrainian culture. To remind, by the decision of the Armenian government in 1988 the museum of S. Parajanov was founded in Yerevan. The earthquake in 1988 delayed construction, and the museum was opened only in 1991. The basis of the meeting is more than 600 works of Parajanov. Now, the museum's collection consists of about 1,400 exhibits.