UNION OF ARMENIANS OF TRANSDNIESTRIA CREATED
YEREVAN, APRIL 27. ARMINFO. A Union of Armenians of Transdniestria
(UAT) was established on April 24 in the town of Grigoriopole.
Rerpesetnatives of the Armenian communities of the towns of
Grigoriopole, Tiraspole (capital of Transdniestria) and Dubossari were
included in it. The press-service of the newly establishment UAT
informs Regnum NA that the communities of the towns of Benderi,
Rubnitsa and Kamenka are to be included in the union in future. A
Tiraspole businessman Gegham Gevorgyan has been elected Chairman of
the UAT Board. Besides, a Community Council has been established,
which will convene sittings twice in a year on April 24 (Day of
Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide) and on October 13
(Day of Holy Gregory the Enlightener).
According to the source, at April 24 sitting, the Armenian community
of Transdniestria observed a minute of silence in memory of the
Armenian Genocide Victims in the Ottoman Empire as well as laid
wreaths on the old Armenian cemetery of Grigoriopole.
According to different data, at least 1,000 Armenians life in
Transdniestria. The first Armenian settlement occurred there on July
25 1792 when in conformity with the decree of the Empress Yekaterina
II the town was founded with participation of Armenian emigrants. The
settlement was given the name Grigoriopole in honor of the first
Catholicos of All Armenians Gregory the Enlightener.