On 19 November in Saint-Petersburg

in the Library of national literatures A. S. Griboedov

was held a cultural evening dedicated to 80th birthday

of publicist, translator, Armenian public figure

Igor Evgenievich Babanov.

 

At the beginning of the evening,

The Chairman of the Regional public organization

«The Armenians of St. Petersburg» Alexander Nazarov presented

to the attention of the audience а report on the biography

of I. E. Babanov.

 

I. E. Babanov’s son – engineer Vadim Nikolsky (Babanov),

a family friend philologist Elena Dunaevskaya,

co-editor of the magazine «Zvezda» Andrei Aryev,

playwright Boris Goller,

journalist Svetlana Kulchitskaya,

publicist Konstantin Voevodskiy,

public figure George Gabrielyan,

the researcher of the State Russian Museum Alexei Boiko

shared their memories about Igor Evgenievich.

 

Vadim Nikolsky (Babanov)

 

Elena Dunaevskaya

 

Andrei Aryev

 

Boris Goller

 

Svetlana Kulchitskaya

 

Konstantin Voevodskiy

 

George Gabrielyan

 

Alexei Boiko

 

In the end, chief editor of the publishing house «Palmira»

Vadim Nazarov told about the release of the book Blez Pascal

«Thoughts» including an article and comments by Babanov.

 

Vadim Nazarov

 

 

The event is organized by The Regional Public Organization

«The Armenians of St. Petersburg» in partnership

with the Library of national literatures A. S. Griboedov.

 

 

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