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2000In Memory of the Martyred Sons of Armenia - Miniature Sheet

Miniature Sheet
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Technical details
  • 01.01.2000
  • A. Kechian
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  • Offset
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  • 58.00 x 40.00 mm
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About In Memory of the Martyred Sons of Armenia

The Souvenir Sheet depicts the portraits of the eight victims of the 1999 Armenian parliament shooting, commonly known in Armenia as October 27. It was a terrorist attack on the Armenian National Assembly in the capital Yerevan on October 27, 1999, by a group of five armed men. Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister, Karen Demirchyan, National Assembly Speaker, Yuri Bakhshyan, Deputy National Assembly Speaker, Ruben Miroyan, Deputy National Assembly Speaker, Leonard Petrosyan, Minister of Urgent Affairs, Henrik Abrahamyan, Member of Parliament, Armenak Armenakyan, Member of Parliament, Mikayel Kotanyan, Member of Parliament were shot dead.