TRIBUTE PAID TO FEBRUARY REVOLT HEROES
Yerkir
18.02.2009 18:43
Yerevan (Yerkir) – An commemoration event dedicated to the 1921
February Revolt was held today at the memorial-khachkar of those
killed on February 18, 1921 by the Bolsheviks in the Yerevan Prison.
The event was organized by the Yerevan committed of the ARF and the
authors of the memorial ARF parliamentary faction secretary Artashes
Shahbazian said that the revolt prevented a bigger massacre, and the
number of those who might have been killed would be much bigger if
not for the revolt.
Shahbazian said that the perpetrator of the killing was a
Turk. "Armenia was freed from Bolsheviks for 42 days. This was
unprecedented, and it helped prevent Armenia from being cut in pieces,"
Shahbazian said.
Yerevan regional committee member Aram Shahnazarian said that there
are values that are sacred, such as independence, self-determination
right and dignity. The Bolsheviks attacked these values after seizing
power on December 2, 1920, he added.
A separate event was also held in Garni, and its participants paid
a visit to the graves of those killed on those gloomy days.