"LAZAREVS READINGS" DEDICATED TO HISTORY AND CULTURE OF ARMENIANS IN RUSSIA HELD IN MOSCOW
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Jun 26 2006
MOSCOW, JUNE 26, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Lazarevs Readings
which have already become traditional, were held in Moscow on June
3-6. They were dedicated to culture and history of Armenians as well
as to study of their contribution in the general cultural heritage of
peoples of Russia. According to the "Yerkramas" (country) newspaper
of Armenians of Russia, the conference which is mainly organized with
efforts of the "Ararat" Armenian cultu ral-educational society and
the Armenian Historic-Genealogical Society already for the third time,
gathers participants from all over the world.
Year by year the program organizers puts something new in organization
of the Readings, gradually increasing the level of the event. As it
was before, opening of the conference was organized with great luxury,
officials made speeches from the Russian and Armenian sides. The
second day sitting of the readings was outgoing, involving a visit
to Fryanovo, near Moscow, where famous patrons of arts Lazarevs also
left their wonderful trace. The third and forth days of the readings
took place at the city library after N.Nekrasov, which again received
hospitably the conference participants.
Three main thematic directions may be separated in the variety of
the reports presented during the third Lazarevs readings. First
of all, those are researches concerning history of the Lazarevs’
family and the heritage left by its prominent representatives. The
second large thematic direction was history of other eminent Armenian
dynasties, a problem, to study of which the activity of the Armenian
Historic-Genealogical Society is dedicated as well. Speeches dedicated
to different issues of history of the Armenian Diaspora and its
present problems may be united in the third group.
Participants of the Lazarevs readings implement interesting researches
relating to a wide circle of issues connected with history of Armenians
of Russia and the present state, introducing their contribution in
the affair of development of the Armenian-Russian ties.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
