The League of Nations' commission met by the commissioner of agriculture, Ersingian at the railroad station in the town. The Commission was invited to be present at the opening of the Sjiranski Canal. From the left: G. Carle, Pio Lo Savio, Ersingian, C.E. Dupuis, Fridtjof Nansen, a Russian official, Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling. One of the pictures from the trip through Armenia, in the period June 7 to July 2, 1925. On request of the International Labour Union (ILO) and the League of Nations, Fridtjof Nansen travelled together with an appointed committee of experts, visiting the country and looking at the plans for artificial irrigation of parts of the desert, in order to relocate refugees there (Leninakan).