The first issue of the scientific journal “Hushardzan” for 2023 was recently published. This volume of the journal contains articles devoted to various scientific questions about Armenian historical and cultural heritage. The publication of the second issue of the journal is planned for December of this year.

The scientific collection “Historical and Cultural Heritage of Armenia” (ed.: Khachik Harutyunyan), published in English in 2022 under a grant from the RA Ministry of ESCS, having passed the Armenian stage, was presented at the 20th International Competition “The Art of Books” in Moscow, where it was awarded 1st place among 49 publications in the “My Country” category.For the first time, the publication of our Research Center, which is a great responsibility for the organization, received an honorable prize.

Director of the Scientific Research Center for Historical and Cultural Heritage Khachik Harutyunyan recently presented a letter of gratitude to Suren Sargsyan, director of the Aragats Wine and Cognac Factory LLC, for the financial support provided in 2022 for the improvement of the Archaeological Finds Fund of the research center. As a result of these works, the research center today has an excellent and well-organized fund of archaeological finds, where objects found during excavations are properly stored.

In the village of Chkalov, Lori region of the Republic of Armenia, while carrying out land work, a citizen noticed a suspicious structure and contacted the relevant authorities. Archaeologist Mary Safaryan, on the instructions of the Research Center, went to Chkalov and organized on-site excavations of the discovered tomb, which were completed in a matter of days, without causing serious trouble to the citizens.