Famous writer, great friend of Armenia Andrei Bitov has died aged 81. The Russian writer was an honorary citizen of Armenia. For his book “The Lessons of Armenia” he won the prize in the category Modern classics in “Yasnaya Polyana” writing contest. Bitov was the first writer in the USSR to talk openly about the Armenian Genocide and to condemn it. Armenians will have an opportunity to pay respects to Bitov on December 7 in the Central Writers’ House.
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