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In 1965, the 50th anniversary of the genocide, a
24-hour mass protest
was initiated in
Yerevan demanding
recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Soviet authorities. The memorial
was completed two years later, at
Tsitsernakaberd
above the
Hrazdan gorge in
Yerevan. The 44 meters (140 ft)
stele symbolizes
the national rebirth of Armenians. Twelve slabs are positioned in a
circle, representing 12 lost provinces in present day
Turkey. At the
center of the circle there is an
eternal flame.
Each
April 24,
hundreds of thousands of people walk to the genocide monument and lay
flowers around the eternal flame.
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