The story about the Soviet scientist Levon Orbeli who saved life of an Austrian scientist, a Nobel Prize Laureate Konrad Lorenz from Soviet captivity with his letter to Stalin.

A story about a man whose human qualities have been honored by legends for more than a century, not only because he was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, an honored figure of science of the RSFSR, a hero of socialist labor, a colonel-general of the medical service. , but also primarily for its high universal values. He was considerate of people and surprisingly easy to communicate with them. Orbel's willingness to help everyone who asked him for any question was limitless.

 In order to understand the full depth and importance of the story, it is necessary to record the fact that the famous scientist lived and followed his scientific path during the most difficult period of world history, the first half of the 20th century, when the world community was faced with two monstrous wars in a short period of time. During these difficult years, Levon Orbeli held various high positions, which he was able to use intelligently not only to help people, but also to save their lives and scientific heritage. There are many facts, letters, letters of thanks about this, which are carefully preserved in the funds of the house-museum of the Orbeli brothers. But the most impressive of the stories is the fateful role of the world-famous scientist in the life of Konrad Lorenz, the Nobel laureate.

 After the end of the war, Lorenz writes a letter to the Vice-President of the USSR, world scientist, academician Levon Orbeli, colonel-general of the medical service.  Levon Orbeli wrote a letter of intercession to Stalin, thanks to which Konrad Lorenz was released from captivity, allowed to return to his homeland, taking with him his manuscripts and printing copy. Thus, thanks to Levon Orbeli, not only Lorenz's famous works, but also his life are being saved.

Holding European Heritage Days is very important from the point of view of preservation of universal values, when regardless of political, social, racial and other factors, cultural and scientific heritage is ranked above everything else. Europe, as the cradle of civilization, is an example for the whole world, how to love, protect, cherish national values and pass them on to future generations. I am sure that within the framework of the European Heritage Days, effective methods should be provided to other civilized people on how to deal with their own heritage.