Marshal Ivan Baghramyan museum opened in Yerevan 

ArmInfo. In Yerevan, in the building of the veterans' association named after the legendary commander, the Center of Military Glory - the museum of the famous  Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Baghramyan  has opened.

The official opening of the museum was accompanied by the traditional  cutting of the red ribbon, which was entrusted to the grandson of the  marshal Ivan Baghramyan and veteran of the Great Patriotic War  Rozalia Abgaryan.

"For our family, this is a great pride and a significant holiday,"  the grandson of the marshal emphasized.

During the ceremony, the chairman of the Marshal Baghramyan Veterans'  Association of Armenia Simon Yesayan noted that by opening the Center  of Military Glory - the Ivan Khristoforovich Baghramyan Museum, the  Armenian people also pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of  Armenian soldiers who fought during the Great Patriotic War.

In turn, the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin noted the  symbolism of the opening of the memorial center on February 23 - a  day that many remember as Soviet Army Day.

"This is not only a tribute to the memory of Ivan Khristoforovich,  this is a tribute to the memory of our common history. But I am  absolutely convinced that this is a very important patriotic step in  the Republic of Armenia. It is very important for us to remember our  history, because it is the source of our strength today and  tomorrow," Kopyrkin noted.

In turn, the Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Alexander Konyuk  congratulated everyone on this significant event and noted that for  him, as a Belarusian general, this is a very significant event.

"The name of Baghramyan is sacred for the Belarusian people because  he participated in the liberation of Belarus - my country. He proved  by his example that friendship between our peoples is an inviolable  concept. Those who do not remember history, cosmopolitans who do not  remember kinship - they must clearly understand that a people or a  person who does not remember history are forced to repeat these not  so pleasant moments of history," the Belarusian diplomat noted.

He also said that the grand opening of the Armenian Apostolic Church  would take place in Belarus on May 9 and invited all veterans to this  significant event.

In conclusion, he called for remembering the inviolability of  friendship between the Armenian and Belarusian peoples, despite some  attempts to destroy it.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War were also present at the opening.  The work on the exhibition lasted six months.