MONUMENTS
ETERNAL FLAME - MONUMENT TO THE FIGHTERS WHO DIED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOVIET RULE IN ARMENIA
1960
State index: 1.6.128
Architect: Eduard Sarapyan
Artist: Valentin Podpomogov
Located
in the park connecting the Republic and Stepan Shahumyan squares. Built to
commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Sovietization of Armenia.
The
5-meter-high pillars, erected on a three-tiered pedestal, are connected at the
top by a wide copper ring, on which is written in convex letters:
ETERNAL
GLORY TO THE FIGHTERS WHO FELL IN THE FIGHT FOR SOVIET POWER.
In
the center of the pillars is a bowl with eternal fire. The monument is
distinguished by its stylistic brevity. The material is gray, polished granite.
It is the first monument with an eternal flame in Armenia.
