MONUMENTS
ALEXANDER MYASNIKYAN MONUMENT
1980
State index: 1.6.131
Architect: Jim Torosyan
Sculptor: Ara Shiraz
The
monument to Alexander Myasnikyan is dedicated to the Soviet, state, party and
military figure, literary critic, first chairman of the Council of People's
Commissars of the Armenian SSR Alexander Myasnikyan (1886-1925). It is located
on Grigor Lusavorich Street, in Shahumyan Square. The monument is an
architectural and sculptural complex that solves an important urban planning
problem by connecting Shahumyan and Myasnikyan squares.
On
a rectangular, low, polished pedestal placed on a common platform, stands a
statue of Myasnikyan made of pink granite, the height of which is 8.6 m. The
statesman is wearing a military uniform, the features have a figurative
resemblance. Behind the statue, a polished gray granite sculptured column and
five table-shaped memorial walls rise up. Of these, the words ALEXANDER
MYASNIKYAN are carved on the front seat of the one on the right, and the lines
dedicated to Alexander Myasnikyan by Yeghishe Charents are carved on the front
seat of the one on the left.
THE LENIN FLAME GLEAMED WITH
YOUR NAIRIAN SUN. YEGHISHE CHARENTS.
One of the obelisks features a
recess resembling a khachkar, on which floral ornaments and the coat of arms of
Soviet Armenia are carved.
