YEREVAN, April 21. /ARKA/. The Central Bank of Armenia has issued “Gevorg Chavush” and “The 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War” silver collection coins, the regulator’s press service reports.

Gevorg Chavush

Sterling silver coins with a face value of 1000 drams were issued in 500 pieces. They were minted at the Lithuanian Mint.

The author of the sketches is Karapet Abrahamyan. A shield and a sword against the background of sunlight are depicted on the obverse of the coin, and a prototype of a sculptural portrait of Gevorg Chavush (a fragment of the memorial complex dedicated to Armenian hayducks by Y. Minasyan), and an eagle with a sword are depicted on the reverse side.

Gevorg Chavush (Ghazorg Ghazaryan, 1870-1907 is the hero of the Armenian liberation movement.

He studied at the school of the monastery of St. Karapet (Mush). He took part in the self-defense battles of the city of Sasun (1891-1894). In September 1894, he was arrested by the Turkish government and sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 1896, he escaped from prison in Sasun, met the Commander Andranik and became his comrade in arms.

In 1901 Gevorg Chavush participated in the Berdak and Norshen battles, in the battle at the Arakelots monastery, in 1904 in the Sasun uprising, commanded the self-defense operations of Ishkhanadzor and Talvorik.

Gevorg Chavush’s fighting detachment fought heroic battles against superior Turkish forces in various regions of Western Armenia. On May 27, 1907, Turkish troops surrounded Chavush’s detachment near the village of Sulukh (Mush Plain), on the outskirts of which near the bridge Chavush died in an unequal battle.

Chavush is one of the leaders of the Armenian Fidaini movement against the Turkish political regime, devoted to the cause of the liberation of his people and a dedicated soldier.

The monument to Chavush (sculptor - Levon Tokmajyan) is installed on the square of the same name in Yerevan. Streets, schools in Yerevan, in other regions of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh are named after him.

The 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Coins with a face value of 75 drams are made of sterling silver and issued of 500 pieces. They were minted at the Lithuanian Mint.

The author of the sketches is Karapet Abrahamyan. The monument “Mother Armenia” in Yerevan and the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree are depicted on the obverse of the coin, and a shield and the St. George ribbon on the reverse side.

The Great Patriotic War (June 22, 1940 - May 9, 1945) is the war of the USSR against Nazi Germany and its allies, the most important and decisive part of the World War II (1939-1945).

Together with other nations of the Soviet Union, Armenians heroically fought against the enemy - more than 500,000 people, of whom about 200 thousand fell in battles. As many as 106 Armenian soldiers received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 27 were awarded Orders of Glory of three degrees, more than 70 thousand received orders and medals.

The command structure of the USSR Armed Forces included more than 60 Armenian generals and one admiral who commanded large military units. --0--