On 22–23 April, an international conference marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Second World War was held in Moscow. The event was organised at the initiative of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the participation of scholars from over twenty countries.

The conference was formally opened by Academician Alexander Chubaryan. At the plenary session, Academician Ashot Melkonyan, Director of the NAS RA Institute of History, delivered a speech entitled Armenian Historiography on the History of the Great Patriotic War.

Professor Karen Khachatryan, Deputy Director of the Institute, presented a paper on The Contribution of the Armenian People to Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Varduhi Grigoryan, PhD, Senior Researcher and Head of the Department of Scientific Research and International Relations at the National Archives of Armenia, gave a presentation on the NAA’s publishing activities concerning the war.

On 22 April, A. Melkonyan and Professor R. Karapetyan, as founding members of the “Hayots Tun” (“Armenian Home”) Association, met with approximately one hundred intellectuals based in Moscow.

The delegation is also scheduled to take part in several commemorative events in Moscow on 24 April, marking the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.