March 21 in St. Petersburg 

in the State Russian Museum (Stroganov Palace) took place

a literary-musical evening, dedicated to the memory of poets who died

as a result the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

In the beginning of the event, 

the chairman of the Regional public organization 

"The Armenians of St. Petersburg” Alexander Nazarov presented

to the audience's attention a report about the life and work

of Daniel Varujan, Ruben Sevak, Grigor Zohrab, Siamanto.

 

The leading man has read the poems of St. Petersburg poet 
Sergei Gorodetsky dedicated to Armenia.

A student of Saint Petersburg state University Sasha Mikhailova

read the poem of Daniel Varujan.

 

Sasha Mikhailova

 

The poems of Ruben Sevak on the Armenian language sounded

in the performance of the scholar Constantine Khurshudyan.

 

Constantine Khurshudyan

Well-known public figure Georg Gabrielyan read the poem of Siamanto.

 

Georg Gabrielyan

A St. Petersburg journalist and human rights activist Antoine Arakelyan

shared facts from the history of the Armenian genocide.

 

Antoine Arakelyan

In the musical part of the evening flutist and composer Sasun Arakelyan

performed works the classics of world music 

Alessandro Marcello, Franz Schubert, Giulio Caccini, A. I. Khachaturian 
and the melody of his own composition.

 

Sasun Arakelyan

At the end of the evening, 

General Consul of the Republic of Armenia in Saint Petersburg

Grayr Karapetyan told about the events dedicated

to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide,

taking place around the world and thanked the organizers

of the evening in St. Petersburg.

 

Grayr Karapetyan

The event is organized by the regional public organization

"The Armenians of St. Petersburg"
in partnership with the State Russian Museum.

 

 

English translation by Alexander Ignatiev, Photo report Lilith O'riordan