‘Along the roads of Great Victory’ exhibition opens in Armenia’s Parliament

An exhibition “Along the roads of Great Victory” dedicated to the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War has opened in Armenia’s Parliament.

The exhibition has been organized by the Parliament of Armenia and Initiatives for Development of Armenia (IDeA) Foundation.

Participating in the opening ceremony were Armenian Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakyan, his Russian counterpart Sergey Naryshkin, Armenia’s Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, IDeA CEO Armen Gevorgyan, MPs and guests.

The paintings were selected from a collection the businessmen and philanthropists Ruben Vardanian and Vladimir Nekrasov to the foundation “To Armenia with Arts.”

IDeA aims at presenting the paintings to Armenia’s public by means of exhibitions.

The collection includes 15 paintings by 11 painters.

“The exhibition is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the victory. However, it is more than an exhibition.

Each initiative dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the victory contains a warning message. The paintings show the chronology of war, heroism patriotism and loyalty. At the same time, they are dedicated to peace,” Mr Sahakyan said.

He thanked IDeA and the philanthropists for supporting the exhibition.

In his welcoming speech, Mr Naryshkin noted that art often help better understanding of the past.

“The painter’s brush is often more eloquent that any words. And paintings help us better understand the feelings and experiences of people of that time. We are very grateful to organizers of the exhibition for this excellent display and I would like to congratulate the peoples of Armenia and Russia, especially our dear veterans, on the forthcoming Victory Day,” he said.

Mr Gevorgyan said:

“The IDeA-organized exhibition of Armenian and Russian painters’ works makes us remember the hard, but victorious chapters of our peoples’ common past. The foundation intends to present the collection to the public at different exhibitions, including ones to be organized in Armenia’s regions. We believe that seeing the works by painters of that significant period would be of interest. We are grateful to Ruben Vardanian, Vladimir Avetisyan and Vladimir Nekrasov for developing this excellent initiative.”
The collection consists of 100 paintings by about 30 Soviet painters.