Vugar Gashimov Buried In the Alley of Honor

Время публикации: 14.01.2014 19:43 | Последнее обновление: 01.01.2015 17:56

Thousands came to give last honor to Azerbaijani GM

Azerbaijan gave the last honor to grandmaster Vugar Gashimov who has passed away after a long illness. After the farewell ceremony held at the Republic chess center Gashimov's body was buried in the 3rd Alley of Honor. As extratime.az reports thousands of people including the members of Azerbaijani national team, the officials of ACC and Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan attended the ceremonies to say last good-bye to the grandmaster. Yesterday the president of Azerbaijan expressed condolences to the Gashimov family.

Photos - 1news.az, facebook.com/Lana.Afandiyeva.3

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