MILITARY-HISTORICAL MUSEUM TO BE ESTABLISHED IN RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN GYUMRI
Wednesday 12 February 2014 11:37
Photo: Press-service of the Southern Military District of the Russian
Armed Forces
Military-historical museum to be established in Russian military base
in Gyumri
Yerevan/Mediamax/. A military-historical museum will be established
in the territory of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri.
The museum will be established in the historical area of the “Large
Fortress” with pentagonal forms featuring five exits known as gates
(Yerevan, Kars, Akhalkalaki, Tbilisi and Escape), the press-service
of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces told
Mediamax.
“The building was founded in the 18th century. The museum is expected
to have two exposition halls and a diorama covering a total area of
500 square meters. The exposition will display the Armenian-Russian
relations from the very beginning in the 18th century to the very now
and will display Armenia’s liberation from Persian yoke as well the
history of Aleksandrapol Fortress construction and development. The
employees of military base staff use data from archives, make copies
of valuable records and gather historical exhibits, with the help of
local people as well, for the exposition”, the press-service of the
Southern Military District informed.