Monday, May 28 2018 12:30

ArmInfo.Servicemen of the Russian military base stationed in Armenia for the first time took part in the military parade dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the  celebration of the proclamation of the First Republic and Victory in the Sardarapat battle.

As the press service of the South-East Military District told  ArmInfo, at the Sardarapat memorial complex in the city of Armavir in  one order parade calculations of the power structures of the two  countries took place, after which they laid flowers and wreaths to  the dead soldiers.  Together with representatives of the Russian and  Armenian law enforcement agencies, a dress rehearsal was conducted at  the Sardarapat memorial complex in Armavir under the leadership of  the commander of the uniting of Colonel Vladimir Elkanov and the  commander of the joint group of troops (forces), Major General Tigran  Parvanyan.

Ceremonial events in Transcaucasia ended with a concert for veterans  of the Second World War, servicemen and members of their families, as  well as a visit to the museum of Armenian ethnography and the history  of the liberation struggle.

About 200 servicemen of the South Military District of the Gyumri and  Yerevan military garrisons took part in the military parade dedicated  to the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the First Republic  and the Victory in the Sardarapat battle.

In May 1918, the Armenian people won heroic victories over the  Turkish troops invading the country near Sardarapat, Bash-Aparan and  Karakilis. It was these victories that enabled the Armenian people to  create their own state. To commemorate the victory won by the  Armenian people in the Sardarapat battle, the Sardarapat memorial  complex and the museum of Armenian ethnography and the history of the  liberation struggle were built on the site of the battle.