YEREVAN. – The Armenian soldiers who liberated Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh in 1992 were raised with the example of Marshal Babajanyan, Admiral Isakov, Khanperyants and Nelso Stepanyan who was twice awarded the title of the Hero of Soviet Union, Deputy Chairman of the Armenian parliament said.

“Victory in the Great Patriotic War is our common victory, and whoever does not understand this, it's bad for them, first of all for those who are trying to rewrite history. The Soviet people, and above all, the Soviet Union liberated Europe from fascism and Nazism,” Eduard Sharmazanov told reporters in the Victory Park.

Every Armenian, he continued, realized that he is not fighting only for the liberation of Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad, Voronezh, Kiev and Minsk, but primarily for the liberation of Leninakan, Kirovakan and Alaverdi.

“Therefore, the victory in the Great Patriotic War is our common victory,” he added.

For his part Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin said the Russians are proud to have such friends as Armenians.

“From the very first day the Armenian people in land and sea participated in the military actions,” he emphasized.