Throngs of people visited Yerablur National Military Cemetery on Jan. 22 on Armed Forces Day
The 29th anniversary of the establishment of Armenia’s Armed Forces was marked at Yerablur National Military Cemetery on Thursday with throngs of people visiting the landmark from early hours of the morning and continuing throughout the day.
The cemetery has doubled in size since the latest Artsakh war. There, hundreds gathered to pay tribute to one of the heroes of the war, Gegham Mousheghyan, ARF Yerevan Gomideh chairman, devoted freedom fighter from the ARF Volunteer platoon who fought in Artsakh’s northern front where he valiantly gave his life.
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After living through 45 days of war and 40 days after the end of the military hostilities in Karabakh, the people of Armenia on Saturday mourned the estimated 3,000 soldiers who perished during the Artsakh War and remembered those missing in action and who are still being held captive by marching to the Yerablur National Military Cemetery to honor their memory.
The procession to Yerablur kicked off a three-day mourning period that coincides with the traditional remembrance 40 days after a death.
Thousands took part in a procession of torches to Yerablur on Friday evening, in an solemn event spearheaded by the National Salvation Movement, which has been leading demonstrations in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who signed the November 9 agreement, along with the leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan, which e