Monday, April 22 2024 11:02

ArmInfo.  Armenia will join the international "Garden of Memory" campaign for the  fourth year in a row.

According to a message received by ArmInfo, the event will be held on  the Alley of Border Glory of Russia in Victory Park in Yerevan at  16:00, where honored guests, students, volunteers and city residents  will plant trees in memory of those who fell on the fronts of the  Great Patriotic War.

The action in Yerevan is once again becoming possible thanks to the  Foundation for the Development and Support of Russian-Armenian  Humanitarian Initiatives "Heritage and Progress" with the assistance  of the Yerevan City Hall.

In addition to the traditional tree planting, the participants of the  Action will also enjoy a performance by the brass band of the Border  Directorate of the FSB of Russia and the soloist of the State  Academic Choir of Armenia, performer of military-patriotic songs  Artur Agadazhanov.

The international event "Garden of Memory" was held for the first  time in 2020. Its goal is to perpetuate the memory of everyone who  died during the Great Patriotic War. Over 27 million trees are  planted every year in memory of the 27 million people who died. The  action is taking place on behalf of the President of the Russian  Federation Vladimir Putin, who planted his memory tree at the Rzhev  Memorial. In the first three years, more than 5 million people from  all 85 regions of Russia and more than 50 countries of the near and  far abroad joined the Action, who together planted over 100 million  trees.

The organizers of the Action in Russia are the ANO "Garden of  Memory", the All-Russian public movement "Volunteers of Victory" and  the Foundation for the Memory of Victory Commanders with the support  of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry  of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the  Federal Forestry Agency within the framework of the national project  "Ecology".