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To the Death Day of Garegin Nzhdeh

On May 28, 1938, the Armenian commander Garegin Nzhdeh took part in the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Armenia in Varna. Today is the death day of the great commander. On December 21, 1955, he died in the grip of the Bolshevik dictatorship in the Vladimir Central Prison.

We will not forget and we will not forgive the executioners.

Text and photo from Mikhail Babayan’s Facebook page. Translation by ArtATsolum

In the photo on the left is the poet Sargis Araratyan, and from the Bulgarian officers on the left Sargis Araratyan in 1919-1920. – Minister of Finance and Food of the Republic of Armenia, 1920 – Minister of Health and Reconstruction of the Republic of Armenia.

Vigen Avetisyan

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