Cilicia vessel, made in Armenia according to XIII century drafts, is arriving in Nizhny Novgorod today. The ship is an exact copy of the vessel, on which Cilician seafarers navigated in XI-XIII centuries. Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister of the Armenian Embassy in Russia Ashot Manukyan is arriving to meet the crew.

The vessel has followed the route Venice-Amsterdam, having doubled Spain and France, visited Saint Petersburg. The voyage in Russia is the final stage of the way, devoted to the official declaration of the Year of Armenia in Russia.