ARMENIA IN TOBOLSK EXHIBIT MARKS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 90TH AND ARMENIAN WRITTEN LANGUAGE CREATION 1600TH ANNIVERSARY

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia in Tobolsk exhibit, which marked the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and 1600-th anniversary of creation of the Armenian written language, has opened in Tobolsk, Russia. The exhibition, supported by Tobolsk reserve-museum, is organized by Chairman of Tobolsk Youth Parliament Hakob Asloyan. Books, Armenian souvenirs, national instruments and other materials of the history and culture of the Armenian people are presented at the exhibition. As City Mayor Yevgeny Vorobyov noted at the official opening, it is important that living in far Siberia Armenians do not forget their history and culture. Tobolsk reserve-museum Director Yevgeny Akulich emphasized that the expo is significant to the museum first of all for Armenians being first of the former USSR peoples to acquaint Tobolsk residents with their culture. Yevgeny Akulich has lived and worked in the Armenian city of Leninakan (now Gyumri) for three years after the earthquake of 1988. He knows well this sunny country. In Hakob Asloyan's words, the absence of a juridical registration of the Armenian community in Tobolsk does not hamper Armenians organizing events and participating in the social life of the city.