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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
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.
Its location on a hill overlooking Yerevan makes it look like a guardian of the Armenian capital. Every year on 9 May, thousands of Armenians visit the statue of Mother Armenia and lay flowers to commemorate the Armenian martyrs of the Second World War. The pedestal hosts the Mother Armenia Military Museum of the Ministry of Defense. When first ...
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]
David of Sassoun [b] (Armenian: «Սասունցի Դավիթ») is a copper equestrian statue portraying David of Sassoun (Sasuntsi Davit’) in Yerevan, Armenia.Erected by the sculptor and artist Yervand Kochar in 1959, it depicts the protagonist of the Armenian national epic Daredevils of Sassoun.
Nighttime view of Yerevan from atop the Cafesjian Museum of Art at the Cascade Preparing for a concert at the Cafesjian sculpture garden. The museum organizes regular programmed events throughout the year: [10] Encounters with Art: is a program launched in October 2010 as a series of events for adults, focusing on arts and artists.
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 ...
The sculptural design of the museum is the history of the ancient state of Urartu, represented by plastic means of expression. For sculpture of Erebuni Museum in 1970 Ara Harutyunyan was awarded a diploma of the USSR Union of Architects for the sculptures on the museum building. [3]