Areximbank-Gazprombank Group presents "Russia-Armenia. Regions of  Russia and Marzes of Armenia" unique encyclopedia to schools of  Armavir Marz 

ArmInfo. On the occasion of the beginning of the new academic year, the employees of Areximbank-Gazprombank Group have presented "Russia-Armenia.  Regions of Russia and Marzes of Armenia" unique encyclopedia to the schools of Noravan and Lukashin communities of Armavir Marz. The encyclopedia gives an answer to any question related to Armenian- Russian  relations, the Bank's press office has told ArmInfo. 

"The encyclopedia is a fundamental reference book that summarizes and  systemizes the information about specific events and phenomena that  took place in the history, economy and cultural life of our countries  and nations," says Alexander Hakobyan, Head of Marketing and  Advertising at Areximbank-Gazprombank Group.  

The book consists of the following sections: Geography, Mineral  Resources, History, Population, Religion, Power, Economy, Social  Services, Places of Interest, Development Strategies of the Russian  Federation and the Republic of Armenia. The book also contains  various thematic articles and speeches of prominent statesmen.  Special attention is paid to the information about outstanding  personalities, politicians of the past centuries and present-day  figures; settlements, natural and historical monuments; educational  and cultural establishments; agricultural and industrial enterprises,  etc. From the Russian side, the science editor of the encyclopedia is  Professor Mikhail Sevruk, Rector of the "Sodruzhestvo" International  University.  From the Armenian side, the activities over the book  were headed by Vazgen Safaryan, Chairman of the Local Producers of  Armenia, Chairman of the Commission for Financial-Economic and Budget  Issues at the Public Council of Armenia. "Those who assisted the  encyclopedia authors include prominent statesmen of Russia and  Armenia, lawmakers, members of the Federation Council of Russia,  heads of entities and marzes, Russian Embassy in Armenia, as well as  our shareholder Gazprombank (Russia). So, it is natural that at a  certain stage Areximbank also joined the project. Today we have  presented several books to the schoolchildren, attaching the great  Russian writer Dostoyevsky's words to them - 'Read books and life  will do the rest'," Hakobyan says. 

To note, the sole owner of Areximbank-Gazprombank Group CJSC, which  was founded in 1998, is Gazprombank OJSC (Russia), which is among the  top 3 largest banks of Russia.