MONUMENTS
GEVORG CHAUSH MONUMENT
2007
State index: 1.1.18
Sculptor: Levon
Tokmajyan
Architect: Zhirayr
Petrosyan
The monument dedicated to Gevorg Chavush
(Gevorg Ghazaryan, 1870–1907), a prominent figure of the Western Armenian
national liberation movement, comrade-in-arms of Arabo, Aghbyur Serob, Zoravar
Andranik and Hrayr Dzhokhq is located in the Ajapnyak administrative district,
at the intersection of Bashinjaghyan, Mazmanyan and Beknazaryan streets, in the
Gevorg Chaush square.
The opening of the monument took place on
September 29, 2007. The basalt statue is placed in the center of the square, on
a hill. Chaush stands firmly on his native land, leaning against a rock,
looking towards the biblical Mount Ararat. The inscription on the lower face of
the rock reads: GEVORG CHAUSH
The total height of the monument is 12 m,
the height of the statue is 7 m.
Bashinjagyan and Arzumanyan street crossroad
