MONUMENTS
MEMORIAL COMPLEX DEDICATED TO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN WORLD WAR II
1985
State index:
1.7.3
Sculptor: Suren
Nazaryan
Architect: Garry Rashidyan
The memorial complex has a
staircase-shaped structure. Basalt steps from the street lead to the sculptural
memorial arch (height: 15 m) placed on four circular granite platforms, the
high reliefs of the left column of which represent the theme of war, and the
right column - the theme of peace and creative work. The pedestal of the
memorial arch is bordered on both sides by rectangular granite, low walls, on
one of which is written in Armenian, and on the other in Russian: “1945-1985.
DEDICATED TO THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF THE SOVIET PEOPLE."
The middle part of the memorial
complex is occupied by a stepped pool with fountains about 60 m long. On both
sides of the pool are bronze sculptures: the one on the left is
"Peace", the one on the right is "Dragon Slayer".
The stairs running parallel to
the pool from the right and left sides lead to the highest part of the memorial
complex, where a three-arched monument rises on a semicircular pedestal, from
which a view of the entire complex opens.
