History of Armenian Church in the Crimea exhibition opens in Simferopol

The exhibition “History of Armenian Church in the Crimea” has been opened in Simferopol.

The exhibition is highlighting photos and archival documents from the National Archives of Armenia, State Archives of the Crimea and the Ethnographic Museum of the Crimea.

“In cooperation with our Ukrainian partners we have organized this exhibition of archival documents of the Armenian community in Ukraine. We held the exhibition in Kiev, Lvov and Yerevan. And now we have organized it in the Crimea, where Armenians have lived since the 12^th century,” Amatuni Virabyan, Director of the National Archives of Armenia, said at the opening ceremony.

The exhibition has been organized by the National Archives of Armenia, Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine and State Archives of the Crimea.

The Luis charity foundation sponsored the publication of the catalogue entitled Armenian Churches of the Crimea.

Also, the Union of Armenians of Ukraine sponsored the conference ‘Armenians in Ukraine: past, present, future.’