MONUMENTS

1931

State index: 1.6.101

Architect: Ivan Zholtovsky

Sculptor: Sergey Merkurov

Located in the northeastern part of the square of the same name.

The unveiling took place on September 20, 1931. It was built on the site of the Russian St. Nicholas Church, demolished in the late 1920s, on Cathedral Square (now Stepan Shahumyan Square).

The authors of the monument to the Bolshevik revolutionary, political figure, publicist, leader of the Baku Commune Stepan Shahumyan (1878-1918) are People's Artist of the USSR, sculptor Sergey Merkurov and academician of architecture Ivan Zholtovsky.

The monument is axially located in the city park (boulevard, Stepan Shahumyan Park), which connects Shahumyan Square with Republic Square and is visible from all sides. There is a flower garden in front of the statue, and a pool with fountains behind it.

It consists of two parts: a statue and a shaped wall on a stepped base behind it. The majestic wall has seven powerful rectangular pylons under a simple entablature. The two edge pylons form niches. The statue is installed on a square stepped pedestal rising above the common base, along the central axis of the wall. It is carved from a solid piece of pink granite. The elaboration of the head, strong arms crossed on the chest, and a firmly standing figure express steadfastness, like the large stone block from which the statue is carved.

The height of the statue is 3.5 m. The wall is made of dark gray basalt. Plan dimensions: 41.20 x 10.70 m.

This is the first plastic embodiment of Shahumyan's image in Armenian art and the first officially installed monument in Yerevan.

“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO