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In spring 1962, the statue of Stalin was removed, with one soldier being killed and many injured during the process, and in 1967, the statue of Mother Armenia, designed by Ara Harutyunyan, was installed in its place. [1] The prototype of "Mother Armenia" was a 17-year-old girl Genya Muradian.
The Mother Armenia (Armenian: Մայր Հայաստան Mayr Hayastan) monumental statue is a female personification of Armenia, located in the city of Gyumri. It resembles the monumental complex of Mother Armenia in the capital Yerevan. It was erected in 1975 on a hill west of Gyumri city.
Victory Park, Kanaker-Zeytun district, replaced with the current statue of Mother Armenia: Sergey Merkurov: Rafael Israelyan: 1962–1990 Karl Marx: near the State Engineering University of Armenia, Kentron district: Artashes Hovsepyan Seda Petrosyan - 1990's Kamo
Its construction started in 1950 alongside a statue of Joseph Stalin. After the death of the latter, his statue was removed and replaced in 1967 by the Mother Armenia monument. Inside the 50-metre-tall pedestal is the Mother Armenia Museum of the Ministry of Defense. When first built, it was a military museum containing exhibits about World War II.
The original monument at this site was a 17 meter tall Stalin, unveiled in 1950, [1] which was replaced with a statue of Mother Armenia in 1967, which is still Yerevan's tallest monument. [2] In Soviet times and early post-Soviet times there were large green spaces in Monument neighborhood, even outside of the park.
In 1967, Harutyunyan implemented one of his main monumental projects, the Mother Armenia monumental statue that was installed in the Victory Park in Yerevan. It is the largest monument in Armenia: its height together with the pedestal is 54 m, the height of the statue itself, made from hammered copper, is 22 m, and it weighs 22 tons. [13]
Examples of personifications of the Goddess of Liberty include Marianne, the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and many examples of United States coinage. Another ancient model was Roma , a female deity who personified the city of Rome and his dominion over the territories of the Roman Empire . [ 1 ]
In 1962, the statue of Stalin was dismantled, and replaced by the monumental statue of Mother Armenia in 1967, designed by architect Ara Harutyunyan. In 1970, a museum dedicated to Armenia's role in the Great Patriotic War was opened within the pedestal of the statue.