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Memorial History of Georgia

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Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
Memorial History of Georgia
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Tbilisi, Georgia

Tsitsernakaberd is the official memorial to the Armenian Genocide victims in Yerevan, Armenia. It was opened in 1967 after a mass demonstration that took place in Yerevan on April 24, 1965, on the 50th anniversary of the deportation of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals from Constantinople that marked the beginning of the Genocide. After Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the memorial became part of official ceremonies. Since then, almost every foreign official who visited Armenia included a visit to the memorial to pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. A visit to Tsitsernakaberd also includes a tour in the museum. Some notable visitors have planted trees near the memorial. A wide range of politicians, artists, musicians, athletes, and religious figures have visited the memorial. The most notable ones include Presidents of Russia , France , Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Greece, Georgia, Iran, Belarus, Romania, Lebanon, Croatia, Serbia, and Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Czech Republic and other countries. Foreign Ministers of many countries — have honored the victims by visiting Tsitsernakaberd. Other visitors include Pope John Paul II in 2001, Pope Francis in 2016, the Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger, the Primate of All England Rowan Williams, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill I of Moscow, World Chess champion Vladimir Kramnik, World football champion Youri Djorkaeff, English rock star Ian Gillan, Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica, French actors Gérard Depardieu and Alain Delon, Nobel Prize winner in Physics Zhores Alferov. No Turkish state official has visited Tsitsernakaberd.
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