PanARMENIAN.Net
May 9 – Victory Day and Shushi Liberation Day
08.05.2006 21:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ May 9 Armenia is celebrating the Victory Day and the
Yerkrapah (Union of Volunteers) Day. As RA Defense Minister’s
Spokesman, Colonel Seyran Shahsuraryan told PanARMENIAN.Net, the
Yerablur pantheon will be attended and a solemn sitting will be held
in the Sports and Concert Complex after K. Demirchyan. May 9 wreaths
will be laid to the monument to the Unknown Soldier in the Victory
Park. A military parade will take place in the Republic Square in
Yerevan. In the evening a holiday concert will be finished with
fireworks in the Victory Park.
To note, May 9 is also celebrated as the Day of Liberation of
Shushi. Attendance of the Stepanakert Memorial Complex, meetings with
the veterans of the Great Patriotic War and the Karabakh war as well
as concerts are scheduled. Besides, League of War Reporters NGO will
organize a photo exhibition dedicated to the period of the
Azeri-Karabakh war.