AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER

Republic of Turkey through the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested the Armenian side to participate in aerial photography works of Turkey’s some provinces adjacent to the Republic of Armenia. RA Defense Ministry representatives – Topography Division Deputy Head Lt. Colonel Arthir Galstyan and aerophotographer Lt. Colonel Gevorg Khurshudyan went to Turkey for this purpose.

On returning Arthur Galstyan told the following:

– Before we left Turkey the General Commander of cartography of the Republic of Turkey suggested to visit Cartography Museum, founded in 1886. In the Museum those models were very interesting for me on which till now (starting from 1826) were preserved the real names of territories and countries’ real borders. On the model made in 1926 the borders of Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan are mentioned very well. Armenia’s border passes through Big and Small Ararat and reaches Black Sea, and Artsakh and Nakhichevan are also included in the territory of Armenia. The General Commander told that in 1957 a group of alpinists climbed up the Mountain Ararat and made the only photography where Noah’s Arc is perfectly seen. He said that unfortunately that shot is in the National Archive of the Republic of Turkey behind seven seals.

GAYANEH POGHOSYAN
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