MONUMENTS

1985

The monument to the great Armenian poet, classic of Armenian literature Yeghishe Charents (Soghomonyan, 1897-1937) is located in the Circular Park, at the intersection of Sayat-Nova Avenue, Khanjyan and Alek Manukyan streets.

The architect of the monument is academician, chief architect of Yerevan (1971-1981) Jim Torosyan, the sculptor is People's Artist of the USSR Nikoghayos (Nikolay) Nikoghosyan.

The bronze monument is a complex monumental metal composition, rising from the platform, 18.5 m high, on the part facing Sayat-Nova Avenue is a bust of Charents, with a very tense and focused facial expression. On the right is the image of a man who seems to be freeing himself from numbness. On the left is the theme of revolution, embodied in a female image and interpreted in romantic traditions. The naked male figure with his hands raised up personifies the theme of the liberated people. 40 springs flow from the monument, symbolizing the years Charents lived, and on the other side rises a memorial column with eternal fire, on which are engraved the lines of Charents' poem: I CAME FROM THE CENTURIES AND I GO VICTORIOUSLY.

The authors have succeeded in presenting the creative spirit of the great poet of the revolutionary era through sculptural and architectural techniques.