MONUMENTS

1977

State index: 1.12.10.4

Sculptor: Vahan Khachikyan

The monument is located in Victory Park. It was built in 1974, installed in 1977. In the center of the round platform paved with basalt, a monumental sculptural composition made of orange Armavir tuff. It consists of uplifted hands with pressed fists and open palms  raised up. On one of the side stones of the base of the monument, the following is written in Armenian and Russian: "LET THERE NEVER BE WAR, LET NO ONE LOSE A SON." On another stone, the name of the sculptor is engraved: VAHAN KHACHIKYAN.

The height of the sculpture is 8.2 m, it resembles a tree with broken branches. This is how the author imagined and interpreted the war. The huge muscular hands seem to cry out about the horrors of war and call for peace. The expressiveness of the hands is further emphasized by the contrast of their smoothness and the lack of smoothness of the foundation stones. The monument is a vivid example of anti-war propaganda.