May 5, 2010 - 16:14 AMT
Monument to fighters died in Great Patriotic War to be set in Ttujur village

Advisor of the Russian Embassy in Armenia, Head of Rossotrudnichestvo representation in Armenia Victor Krivopuskov said that a monument dedicated to 62 residents of Ttujur village, who died during the Great Patriotic War, will be set in the village located in former Krasnoselsk region, near the border with Azerbaijan, on May 6.

Head of the Armenian community of Nizhny Novgorod Tigran Shahnazaryan presented the monument to residents of the village. "My father wanted to construct the monument with his friends, but, unfortunately, it did not happen due to his sudden death," said Shahnazaryan.

Russian Ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko, Head of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces Yuri Khachaturov and representatives of the Armenian community of Nizhny Novgorod region will participate in the monument's unveiling.