MONUMENTS
MONUMENT TO STEPAN SHAHUMYAN
1931
State index:
1.6.101
Architect: Ivan
Zholtovsky
Sculptor: Sergey
Merkurov
The monument to the Bolshevik
revolutionary, politician, publicist, head of the Baku commune Stepan Shahumyan
(1878-1918) is located in the northeastern part of the square of the same name.
The opening took place on September 20, 1931. It was built on the site of the
former Russian St. Nicholas Church, on Cathedral Square (now Stepan Shahumyan
Square). The authors of the monument are People's Artist of the USSR, sculptor
Sergey Merkurov and Academician of Architecture Ivan Zholtovsky. It is the
first monument officially installed in Yerevan. It is in two parts, consisting
of a statue and a shaped wall rising from a stepped base at the back with seven
powerful rectangular pillars. The two edge pillars create niches. The wall is
made of dark gray basalt. The statue is carved from a single piece of pink
granite. It is placed on a square, stepped pedestal rising from a common base.
The height is 3.5 m.
The figure depicts Shahumyan
standing firmly, with crossed arms, expressing steadfastness and strength.
