On May 9, Armenians of Astana, Akmola region and the city of Kokchetav visited the cemetery in the city of Yesil of the Akmola region where hero of the Soviet Union Ishkhan Saribekyan is buried.

As reported the RA Embassy in Kazakhstan to Hayern Aysor, RA Ambassador to Kazakhstan Ara Sahakyan, the Embassy’s 1^st Secretary Mher Badalyan, akim of the Yesil region Amanbek Kalzhanov, leader of the Armenian communities Norik Maglamyan (in Kokchetav), Sahak Salumyan (in Astana) and others laid flowers near the tombstone of the hero.

In his speech during the meeting held on this occasion, Ambassador Ara Sahakyan particularly emphasized the fact that the sons of the Armenian nation sacrificed themselves and participated in WWII and the Great Patriotic War at the military fronts and in the rear. He also called on everyone to keep the memory of the heroes alive and wished all the veterans health.

The Ambassador and his accompanying guests had meetings with the residents who informed that they always remember the Armenian Hero as a diligent, kind and modest individual.

The Armenians of Yesil have improved the look of the tomb of the Hero under the sponsorship of Maglamyan.

Ishkhan Saribekyan was born in 1912 in the Voskevan village of the Tavush Province of Armenia. He was ranked a hero for the exceptional courage that he showed while seizing the Sapungora structures considered impregnable in Sevastopol in April 1944. After the war, he lived and worked in different cities across Kazakhstan. He died in 1990 in Yesil, which is 400 km from Astana.