Shushi Liberation Day

Shushi Liberation Day (Armenian: Շուշիի ազատագրման օրը, romanized: Shushii azatagrman ory) is a national holiday celebrated in Armenia and formerly in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.

The festivities included a cross-country marathon organized by the youth wing of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation that began inside Armenia and ended in Shushi on the eve of 9 May.

[4] In a ceremony that preceded the parade, 6 veterans of war were driven to the airport, where they handed the banners of 6 Armenian Red Army regiments to the pilots participating in the flypast.

[5] President Armen Sarkissian hosted the war leader Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan at his residence, saying that he is "the symbol of Shushi Liberation Day".

[11] MP Sasun Mikayelyan speculated that clashes could occur should Pashinyan arrive at Yerablur Military Pantheon on the day of liberation of Shushi.

The official status of Yerkrapah Day was conceived after the entry of a law which President Robert Kocharyan signed on 6 January 2001 and which the Parliament of Armenia approved on 24 July that year.