The official opening ceremony of the exhibition “Armenian Periodicals of the World”  took place in St. Petersburg at 16th of October  At the beginning of the event, the President of the regional public organization “The Armenians of St.Petersburg” Alexander Nazarov read a welcome letter of Granush Akopyan, the Minister of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia.

Director of the St. Petersburg House of Nationalities congratulated the audience on the occasion of the press. Oleg Davtyan, the chief editor of “The Consul”, thanked the organizers of the event and highly appreciated the presented collection of one hundred Armenian publications from 14 different countries.

Tatiana Bogoslovskaya, a spokeswoman for the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences conveyed greetings of the director of Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Leonov.

Antuan Arakelyan, Petersburg journalist and social activist shared his impressions.

Silva Lazarian, a scientist in the field of ethnology has assessed the exhibition.

According to Silva Lazarian, the exhibition will contribute to the maintaining of national identity of the Armenian people.

Then, the lead of the evening, Alexander Nazarov made an excurse for the guests of the evening and told about every publication presented on the exhibition.

In conclusion of the evening , a leading introduced to the audience a lecture about the history of the Armenian press.

The event dedicated to the 220th anniversary of the publication of the first Armenian periodical magazine “Azdarar” organized by the regional public organization “The Armenians of St. Petersburg” with the support of the Committee on International Relations and realization of migration policy in St. Petersburg.

The Herald of Armenians in Petersburg (Vestnik Armyan Peterburga)