Culture
Sergei Parajanov was pardoned posthumously in Ukraine
The head of the Institute of National Memory of Ukraine, Anton Drobovych, announced that the National Commission for Rehabilitation in Ukraine officially acquitted Sergei Parajanov, who was convicted of rape 50 years ago.
A statue of Parajanov was unveiled in Yerevan, and it is planned to have a "Pomegranate Color" square.
At the beginning of the events of the 100th anniversary of Sergey Parajanov, the Minister of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Zhanna Andreasyan, announced that there is a goal to create a park of stars and a "Pomegranate Color" square in front of the Cinema House.
"I was accused of raping 340 members of the CPSU,” Parajanov was joking. Today is his 100th birthday
To become one of the greatest film directors of the 20th century.
The blacksmithing tradition of Gyumri was included in the representative list of UNESCO.
Blacksmithing was one of the most popular crafts in Armenia, but as an urban craft, it gained its full expression in Gyumri and flourished in the 19th century.
The film about the 44-day war, winner of the "International Documentary Festival - Amsterdam"
Shoghakat Vardanyan's film "1489" was declared the winner in the "Best Film" category of the "International Documentary Festival - Amsterdam". The chronological framework of the plot is the 44-day war.