Monument to Alexander Myasnikyan, Cultural heritage monument in Kentron District, Armenia.
The Monument to Alexander Myasnikyan stands on Karmir Banaki Street (now Surb Grigor Lusavorich Street) in Yerevan's Kentron District. The 8.6-metre ensemble is built of granite and basalt, with the figure of Myasnikyan set before a wall bearing the first line of Yeghishe Charents's 1936 quatrain, carved in Armenian letters.
The memorial was designed by architects Jim Torosian and Ara Shiraz and inaugurated on November 25, 1980. It honored Alexander Myasnikyan and his leadership role in Armenian history.
Five granite columns surrounding the monument feature detailed reliefs and verses by poet Yeghishe Charents, reflecting Armenian artistic traditions. These inscriptions reveal themselves as you walk around the structure.
The monument is located near Russia Square and is easily accessible via multiple transportation routes. The renovated gardens surrounding it provide space for visitors to walk and view the structure from different angles.
A memorial stone announcing the monument was laid in Yerevan on 10 February 1976, more than four years before the sculpture itself was unveiled. The monument was restored between 2020 and 2022 on the initiative and with the funding of Mikayel and Karen Vardanyan, after it had been judged to be in an emergency condition.
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