GYUMRI (Armenia), December 02. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has laid down a wreath to the Monument to the victims of a disastrous Spitak earthquake in the Caucasian republic of Armenia during his state visit to the country on Monday.
The monument was sculpted in Moscow, brought to the Armenian city of Gyumri and was unveiled on December 7, 2008, 20 years after the tragedy. The author of the monument is Russian sculptor of Armenian origin Friedrich Soghoyan.