On December 9th in St.
Petersburg on the Alley of Heroes
of the Moscow Victory Park took
place the official opening
ceremony of the bust monument
to Nelson Stepanyan,
the legendary pilot of the
Second World War,
twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
At the beginning of the event,
Head of the Moscow District
Administration of
St. Petersburg Vladimir
Ushakov,
Member of the Public Chamber of
St. Petersburg
Nikolay Burov, Chairman of the
NGO
«The Armenians of St.
Petersburg» Alexander Nazarov
and Member of the Board of the
Regional Public Organization
«The Armenians of St.
Petersburg» Raffi Harutyunyan
removed the veil from the
monument.
The opening ceremony was
attended by:
Head of the Administration of
the Moskovsky district
of St. Petersburg
Vladimir Ushakov,
Member of the Public Chamber of
St. Petersburg,
Famous Russian artist
Nikolai Burov,
one of the founders of The
Maritime Assembly of the city
of Gatchina,
Honorary Citizen of Gatchina
Yuri Nazarov,
Author of the bust of Nelson
Stepanyan
Pavel Ignatiev,
granddaughter of Nelson
Stepanyan
Victoria Stepanyan with
Nelson Stepanyan's
great-grandson George
Stepanyan.
Vladimir Ushakov
Nikolai Burov
Yuri Nazarov
Pavel Ignatiev
Victoria Stepanyan and George
Stepanyan
At the end of the ceremony
is the Chairman of Regional
Public Organization
«The Armenians of St.
Petersburg» Alexander Nazarov
thanked the invited guests and
participants.
Alexander Nazarov
On the same day, in the
Exhibition Hall of the Moskovsky
district were awarded
certificates of appreciation
to patrons and the creative
team of the project
for the construction of the
bust monument.
The monument to the defender
of Leningrad Nelson Stepanyan
was made on the initiative of
the Regional Public Organization
«The Armenians of St.
Petersburg».
The authors of the Author of
the monument Pavel Ignatiev,
chief architect Yuri
Egiazarov, architect Lev Allahverdyan.
Raffi Harutyunyan, Alexander Nazarov
English translation by
Alexander Ignatiev, Photo report Lilith
O'riordan
