YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on December 29 signed a decree on conferring the Republic of Armenia 2009 State Awards in Literature and Art. According to the RA presidential press service, the Republic of Armenia 2009 State Awards were conferred on: 1) in literature - to Vahagn Grigorian for the book "The River of Time", 2) in music - to Yervand Yerkanian for the work "Chronicon", 3) in fine arts - to Ararat Aghasian, Hravard Hakobian, Murad Hasratian, and Vigen Ghazarian for the work "The History of Armenian Art", 4) in architecture and urban development - to Grigor Azizian (team head), Stepan Lazarian, Levon Khristaforian, Hayk Aivazian, Vahandukht Yereghian, Griman Hovsepian (architects), and Albert Hayrapetian (designer) for the new administrative complex of the RA Ministry of Defense in Yerevan.

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