HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

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MONUMENT TO THE FALLEN YUGOSLAV PILOTS


1989 թ.


State indicator: 1.5.24

Sculptor: Sargis Baghdasaryan

Located on Khaghagh Don Street in the residential area of the Erebuni administrative district.

The devastating earthquake in Spitak on December 7, 1988, caused massive destruction and thousands of human casualties. Civilized humanity, international organizations, and many countries worldwide, including Yugoslavia, rushed to help the Armenian people. A Yugoslav aircraft delivering humanitarian aid crashed on the night of December 12, 1988, not far from the landing site, southwest of Tsaghkunk village in Armavir region, near the Kasakh bridge. All seven crew members of the aircraft perished. In 1989, the grateful Armenian people erected monuments in memory of this tragedy both at the crash site and in Yerevan. The monument in Tsaghkunk’ was built using the debris of the crashed aircraft (architect Zhirayr Petrosyan). The fallen pilots were also buried here.

The monument built on Tikhiy Don Street in Yerevan (sculptor Sargis Baghdasaryan) is installed on a platform made of polished gray basalt and red granite, which is approached by steps. On the polished pedestal stands a bronze sculpture resembling a tree in its composition, from the central part of which a flock of birds takes flight, symbolizing the souls of the deceased (seven birds with outstretched wings).

The memorial plaque is engraved with the names and surnames of the Yugoslav pilots and the date of their death - 12.12.88.

The height of the monument is 5.80 meters.

“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO

Yerevan Municipality 


Khaghagh Don Str.