Mother Armenia, War memorial monument in Victory Park, Yerevan, Armenia.
Mother Armenia is a war memorial monument in Victory Park, Yerevan, Armenia. The entire structure reaches 51 meters in height, with the figure itself measuring 22 meters and standing on a massive stone granite pedestal.
The monument was erected in 1967 at the site of a former Stalin statue, marking a departure from Soviet symbolism toward Armenian self-assertion. The choice of a female warrior figure was meant to express resilience and national autonomy.
The figure holds a sword across her body, and a shield lies at her feet; the bas-relief on the pedestal's front face is the Soviet Order of Victory. Every 9 May, thousands of Armenians lay flowers at the statue for the Armenian martyrs of the Second World War.
The path up to the monument leads through Victory Park and takes about 15 to 20 minutes on foot. Inside the pedestal there is a museum displaying items related to Armenian military history, accessible through an entrance at ground level.
The mark on the statue's forehead is a mole covered with thin sheets of gold, not an addition made during fabrication. Sculptor Ara Harutyunyan also worked the likeness of his wife into the figure, alongside the 17-year-old Genya Muradian who posed for it.
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