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  2. List of statues in Yerevan - Wikipedia

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    near the Yerevan State University, Kentron district: Suren Stepanyan Hayk Asatryan 1939-1941 Sasuntsi Davit: Sasuntsi Davit Square, same artist and location as current Sasuntsi Davit statue which was demolished when sculptor Kochar was arrested by the Soviets, then he was commissioned to place a new one after he was "rehabilitated". Yervand Kochar

  3. Mother Armenia - Wikipedia

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    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 statue is built of hammered copper while the pedestal-museum is of basalt. [4]

  4. Monuments of Yerevan - Wikipedia

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    The Blue Mosque, or Gök Jami, is the only intact mosque remaining of the eight that had once stood in Yerevan. It was built in 1766 during the reign of Hussein Ali. In 1952 it was turned into a museum about the history of Yerevan, but was restored and re-opened as a functioning mosque during the mid-1990s.

  5. David of Sassoun (statue) - Wikipedia

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    The statue stands at the center of a round reflecting pool in a large square in front of Yerevan's central railway station. The first version of the statue was originally erected in 1939 for the thousandth anniversary of the epic, but two years later, the statue was destroyed and Kochar was arrested.

  6. Yerevan Cascade - Wikipedia

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    The building covers an area of 78 m 2 (840 sq ft). [5] There is a square on the top of a hill overlooking the Ararat Valley and downtown Yerevan. The park features the Mother Armenia statue that houses a military museum dedicated to the history of World War II and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Cascade consists of five hillside terraces ...

  7. Mother Armenia, Gyumri - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Tamanyan Street - Wikipedia

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    It is located in the central Kentron district and links the Yerevan Cascade at the north with the Moscow street at the south. It has a length of 200 metres (660 ft) and a width of 55 metres (180 ft). It is named after the main architect of Yerevan Alexander Tamanian. Tamanian's statue stands at the entrance to the street since 1974.

  9. Garegin Nzhdeh Square - Wikipedia

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    The statue of the Bolshevik leader Suren Spandaryan is erected in the square since 1990. The square was renamed after the Armenian National Hero Garegin Nzhdeh on 25 May 1991. [1] The metro station of Garegin Nzhdeh Square and the "Metro Theatre" hall are located underground the square. [2]