‘Commander Tumanyan’: Armenian Users Discuss the Decision to Establish an Honor Guard at Tumanyan’s Statue

Today marks the 154th anniversary of Hovhannes Tumanyan. In connection with this event, an Honor Guard has been established near Tumanyan’s statue.

It is noteworthy that since 2008, Tumanyan’s birthday has also been celebrated as Book Donation Day.

Armenian users are actively discussing the decision to set up an Honor Guard at Tumanyan's statue online, expressing mixed opinions. Users have shared images and commented, saying: ‘Beauty is an incurable disease,’ ‘Commander Tumanyan,’ ‘And then they say, why isn’t Tumanyan in the posts, there’s a guard at the posts,’ ‘This isn’t purely beauty... there’s a regulation governing the actions of the honor guard about how, where, and when,’ and ‘Tumanyan probably turned over in his grave a thousand times.’