The Committee on Interethnic Relations and Compatriots abroad of the Republic of Uzbekistan

In 1989, the first Armenian cultural center in the republic was opened in Tashkent. Later, the Armenian centers in Samarkand and Andijan merged with the Tashkent Armenian Cultural Center in 2001, and the Armenian National Cultural Center of Uzbekistan has been established.

Since 2006, the magazine of the Armenians of Uzbekistan Depi apaga (“For the Future”) has been published, which is intended for a wide  range of students and tells about the history and present of the Armenian community in Uzbekistan. The center’s Arvest (San’at) Fine and Applied Arts Studio, Erebuni Dance School, and Dar (Asr) Drama Studios create conditions for the introduction of ancient Armenian culture to all comers, regardless of age or nationality.

The traditional holidays like Easter, ancient Tearndarach, Vardavar and Muqaddas Uzum are widely celebrated in these spiritual centers.

There is also the Nash Ochag club, which was established on the initiative of the Armenian magazine of Uzbekistan. The Tamarakhonim Memorial House-Museum of the club traditionally hosts meetings with famous representatives of science and culture of Uzbekistan, creative youth, organizes events on various topics.

Many people of our country know well the great representatives of art, People’s Artist Tamarakhonim Petrosyan (1906–1991), cultural figure, musicologist Ashot Petrosyan (1910–1978).

Nikolai Karakhan (1900–1970), artists such as Tachat Oganesov, Mikhail Avetov, as well as leaders of large industrial enterprises such as Akop Sarkisov, Zarap Zarapetyan, Alexander Melkumov are remembered with respect.