The official opening ceremony of the exhibition

"Armenian Periodicals of the World" 

took place in St. Petersburg at 16th of October.

At the beginning of the event, the

President of the regional public organization

"The Armenians of St.Petersburg" Alexander Nazarov

read a welcome letter of Granush Akopyan,

the Minister of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia.

Director of the St. Petersburg House of Nationalities

Sergey Naumenko congratulated the audience

on the occasion of the press.

 

Alexander Nazarov, Sergey Naumenko

 

Sergey Naumenko

 

Oleg Davtyan, the chief editor of "The Consul",

thanked the organizers of the event and highly appreciated

the presented collection of one hundred Armenian publications

from 14 different countries.

 

Oleg Davtyan

 

Tatiana Bogoslovskaya, a spokeswoman for the Library

of the Russian Academy of Sciences conveyed greetings

of the director of Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Valery Leonov.

 

Tatiana Bogoslovskaya

 

Antuan Arakelyan, Petersburg journalist and social activist

shared his impressions.

 

Antuan Arakelyan

 

Silva Lazarian, a scientist in the field of ethnology

has assessed the exhibition.

According to Silva Lazarian, the exhibition will contribute to

the maintaining of national identity of the Armenian people.

 

Silva Lazarian

 

Then, the lead of the evening, Alexander Nazarov made an excurse

for the guests of the evening and told about every publication

presented on the exhibition.

 

In conclusion of the evening, a leading introduced to the audience

a lecture about the history of the Armenian press.

 

The event dedicated to the 220th anniversary of the publication

of the first Armenian periodical magazine "Azdarar" organized

by the regional public organization "The Armenians of St. Petersburg"

with the support of the Committee on International Relations

and realization of migration policy in St. Petersburg.

 

 

An exhibition was organized by the Regional Public Organization

"The Armenians of St. Petersburg", will last until October 31, 2014.

 

 

 

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