Aysor, Armenia
July 31 2010
Day of Railway Workers at Children’s Railway park
An event dated to the Day of Railway Workers will be held at Yerevan
Children’s Railway park tomorrow. It was organized by the South
Caucasian Railways company, company press office reported.
The celebration will be attended by high-ranking officials. It will
start at 07:00 pm.
Note that before the Soviet period the day was marked on June 25.
The first Day of Railway Workers was marked in 1896 in Russia and was
dedicated to Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, since under the tsar the first
railway was laid in the country. Initially the day was timed to tsar’s
birthday.
From: A. Papazian
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