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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
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.
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 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 opening of the museum was timed to coincide with the 2750th anniversary of Yerevan. The Museum stands at the foot of the Arin Berd hill, on top of which the Urartian Fortress Erebouni has stood since 782 BCE. The city-fortress was excavated, some parts of the structure were reinforced and restored, and the fortress was turned into an ...
Yerevan 8] Mother Armenia [9] 51 metres (167 ft) ... statue: Yerevan: Yerevan Tallest destroyed. Name Picture ...
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. The Cafesjian Sculpture Garden of the Cafesjian Museum of Art is located along the street. The street ends with the staircase of the ...
The statue of Lenin and the government house depicted on a 1978 Soviet stamp Lenin's statue being removed on April 13, 1991. A 7-metre (23 ft) copper statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin , erected by Sergey Merkurov and standing atop an 12-metre (39 ft) high granite pedestal, was inaugurated in the square on November 24, 1940.