ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF HOVHANNES TUMANYAN’S TBILISI HOUSE
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.02.2009 16:37 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Hovhannes Tumanyan’s Museum in Yerevan doesn’t have
owner rights for the writer’s house in Tbilisi, Voznesenskaya 18,
Director of Hovhannes Tumanyan’s Museum in Yerevan, Narine Toukhikyan
told a news conference Thursday.
"Being an Armenian and great writer’s museum director, I’m very sorry
we’re facing this problem today," she noted.
The apartment located at Voznesenskaya street has belonged to Tumanyan
family since 1921, when Georgian authorities presented it to the
Armenian writer.
The apartment was Tumanyan’s family property and no one had a right
to confiscate it. In 1950s part of the apartment was turned into
library and carried Tumanyan’s name till its closure in 2008. Last
year Georgian authorities paid off their credit to private individuals
with a part of the house. Tumanyan’s great-grandson still lives in
another part of the house.
Armenian media published information that this story refers Vernatun
that served as a literary salon.
"For many years Hovhannes Tumanyan occupied this apartment located at
Asatryan Street, yet it did not belong to him. Today it’s the writer’s
house, and not Vernatun, that we’re speaking about," specified Narine
Tukhikyan.
"Several years ago Armenian authorities were negotiating library
territory purchase with Tbilisi, yet negotiations were suspended. At
my last year’s visit to Tbilisi I failed to find library transmittal
documents. Conflicts around the issue intensified, yet Armenian
authorities have to approach the matter seriously till it’s too late,"
emphasized the Museum Director.