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Name Location Sculptor Architect 1965 Hands of Friendship from Carrara to Yerevan Circular Park, Kentron district: Ara Harutyunyan 1965 Melody near the Yerevan Opera Theater, Kentron district: Sargis Baghdasaryan: 1967 Mother Armenia: Victory Park, Kanaker-Zeytun district: Ara Harutyunyan Rafael Israelyan: 1970 Rebirth Circular Park, Kentron ...
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 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.
Harutyunyan's Mother Armenia statue. Ara Harutyunyan (Armenian: Արա Հարությունյան; March 28, 1928 – February 28, 1999) was an Armenian monumental sculptor, graphic artist, People's Artist of Armenia, corresponding member of Academy of Fine Arts of USSR and Russian Academy of Arts, professor.
The name of the neighborhood originates from the towering monument inside of Victory Park, which can be seen throughout large parts of Yerevan. [1] 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 the center of the circle, at a depth of 1.5 meters, there is an eternal flame dedicated to the 1.5 million people killed during the Armenian genocide. [8] Along the park at the memorial there is a 100-meter wall with the names of towns and villages where massacres and deportations are known to have taken place.
At the end of the park there is Alexander Miasnikian’s statue (sculptor Ara Shiraz, architect Jim Torosian), erected in 1980. Anyway, Alexander Miasnikian’s statue has no connection with the Yerevan 2800th Anniversary Park, which is under the jurisdiction of Yerevan Municipality. The statue is maintained by the Ministry of Culture of Armenia.
The Men (Armenian: Տղամարդիկ) is a public artwork in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.Created by Armenian sculptor Davit Minasyan in 2007, it commemorates Edmond Keosayan's 1972 film of the same name, and comprises four statues, depicting the film's stars, the actors Mher Mkrtchyan, Avetik Gevorkyan, Armen Ayvazyan, and Azat Sherents.