A conference titled “The Call of Mrav” dedicated to Shahumyan region of northern Nagorno Karabakh will be held in the Central House of Men of Letters, Moscow, on May 27, 2007, Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia reported. The event was initiated by the Russian-Armenian Commonwealth (Hay Dat Moscow office) and the Union of Armenian Youth (Mitq). The main goal of the conference is to familiarize the audience with ethnography, culture and historical events that influenced on the fate of present-day Shahumyan region.
NKR Foreign Minister’s advisor A. Melik-Shahnazarov, senior fellow of the institute of anthropology and ethnography at the Russian academy of sciences A. Ter-Sargsyants, expert of the strategic culture foundation A. Areshev and students of Moscow institutions will be the speakers of the event.
Mrav Mountain is situated in Shahumyan region in the north of Nagorno Karabakh and is the symbol of the land like Ararat is the symbol of Armenia. Since 1992 Shahymayn is controlled by Azerbaijan.
