Government Gives 7.5 Mln Drams to Each Chess-Player at Olympiad

GOVERNMENT GIVES 7.5 MLN DRAMS TO EACH OF CHESS-PLAYERS THAT WON AT OLYMPIAD
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 8, RA government made a
decision, in accordance with the order set in 2001, to give monetary
prizes to the members of the Armenian national team and trainers who
took part in the 37th World Chess Olympiad, in the amount of 2.5 mln
drams (5950 thousand USD) to each of them. Besides, the government
added 5 mln drams to each of them from its reserve fund.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS