Armenian Union in Bulgaria
Varna, 76 General Kolev St., office 1
tel: +35952/ 919 927 / +359878105555
GEN. ANDRANIK’S HOUSE IN GALATA IN VARNA SLATED FOR DEMOLITION
A great misfortune has befallen our common reminiscence and the
reminiscence of our long-suffering people! Only in a few months the
only material memory of the life of the Armenian national hero
General Andranik Ter Ozanyan will disappear forever. Because people,
who consider money as more important than the reminiscence of our
people will demolish the house which General Andranik had built
himself in Galata quarter in the city of Varna. The home where he
lived will disappear forever, the home where he met Armenian
revolutionists from all over Europe, from where he supplied with arms
Bulgarian, Armenian, Macedonian and Russian revolutionists. The
memory of him will go away together with his home. That is why we,
brothers Hovsepyan from Varna, are begging for your help, we are
asking for your united efforts in the battle to save this common
relic of ours. We ourselves have been living in Varna since 1995, we
have established the Armenian Union in Bulgaria (2007) and you can
learn more about us on
We were tremendously worried by the real threat for General Andranik’s
home and we did our best to prevent this injustice. First of all we
wrote letters to the mayor of Varna, to the regional governor, to the
Bulgarian prime minister, to the Minister of Bulgarian Armed Forces
and to the Minister of Bulgarian Culture, asking them one and the same
question – are you really going to allow the destruction of this
Armenian sanctuary? Before that, of course, we contacted the owners of
the house who live in the USA and who have decided to demolish it and
build on its place a block of flats. He is Grigor Tigranyan, tel.
0013146475728. We offered them to choose whatever they wish and leave
the house for the future generations. We offered them to buy out the
house so that we can transform it into General Andranik museum. We
also offered to buy for them another site where they could build their
building and we are ready to listen to any offers which would give a
chance to save General Andranik’s home. We had urgent conversations
with the developing company, too, and we are ready to pay them for the
project, as well as for all costs incurred in the preparation for the
construction works. Unfortunately, the developing company doesn’t want
to listen to us and it is not interested in the memory of our national
hero.
That is why we are addressing all of you, our compatriots, for help,
because we know that for you the memory of the great General Andranik
is far too much dearer than any money. Your common efforts will be
recorded in golden letters in the history of long-suffering Armenia if
you manage to convince Mr. Grigor Tigranyan that the house must stay,
that he can always obtain money for it and it will be profitable for
him, but if this inmost part of our memory vanishes nobody will ever
be able to restore it and that will be a loss for millions of
people. And we, the Armenians from Varna, will be left with the
impossible task to explain to our children why we allowed the
disappearance of this sacred house, where each year we lay flowers in
memory of General Andranik.