Museum of the Fidahin movement "Zoravar Andranik", Military history museum in Yerevan, Armenia.
The Museum of the Fidahin Movement Zoravar Andranik houses photographs, weapons, documents, and personal belongings from Armenian freedom fighters of the early 1900s. The displays present their lives and actions through original artifacts and written records from the resistance period.
The museum opened in 1995 for the 130th anniversary of Andranik Ozanian's birth, closed two years later and reopened on 16 September 2006 beside the Komitas Pantheon. Its collection was assembled over 30 years by founding director Ilyich Beglaryan. It documents the fedayi movement from Arabo to the Artsakh struggle.
The museum is named after Andranik Ozanian, and its displays trace the fidayin movement from Arabo to the Artsakh struggle. A small park adjoining the building holds sculptures of several fidayin. The exhibits were assembled over 30 years by founding director Ilyich Beglaryan, who gathered photographs, documents and personal objects of fighters such as Aghbyur Serob, Makhluto, Sevkaretsi Sako and Garegin Nzhdeh.
The museum stands in Komitas Park beside the Komitas Pantheon, at 233 Kashegortsner Street, in Yerevan's Arabkir district rather than the centre. A small garden adjoining the building holds sculptures of several fidayin fighters. The two halls occupy a two-storey building, with the Andranik material displayed separately from the wider movement.
The collection was assembled over 30 years by the museum's founding director, Iliich Beglaryan. Among the items are Andranik's sword carried in the Balkan Wars, the bugle of the First Volunteer Regiment he commanded, and a model of his house in Bulgaria. A small park adjoining the building holds sculptures of several fidayis.
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