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The prototype of "Mother Armenia" was a 17-year-old girl Genya Muradian. Ara Harutyunyan met her at the store and persuaded her to pose for the sculpture. [3] "Mother Armenia" has a height of 22 metres (72 ft), thus making the overall height of the monument 51 metres (167 ft), including the pedestal.
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.
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.
The Mother Armenia monument is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan. 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.
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]
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Armenian National University of Architecture and Construction, Kentron District: Dino de Ranieri: 2012 Alexander Mantashev: Abovyan Street, Kentron district: Tigran Arzumanyan 2012 Vahram Papazyan: Vahram Papazyan street, Arabkir district: Levon Tokmajyan 2013 Garo Kahkejian: Ernst Thälmann School no. 13, Arshakunyats Avenue, Kentron district ...
Currently, it is a national cultural heritage monument of Armenia, used as an art and cultural center [54] The monumental statue of Mother Armenia erected in 1975. Vartanants Square is the central town square of Gyumri. Independence Square. Charles Aznavour Square. Garegin Nzhdeh Square.