MONUMENTS
MONUMENT TO GAREGIN NZHDEH
2016
Architect: Aslan Mkhitaryan
Sculptor: Gagik Stepanyan
The monument to Garegin Nzhdeh (Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan, 1886-1955), an outstanding political, military, and state figure of the First Republic of Armenia, national ideologist, philosopher, commander of several battles against Turkish armed forces, leader of the struggle for survival of Mountainous Armenia, is located in front of the third Government building on the edge of Republic Street.
The bronze statue is installed on a pedestal, with which it merges to form a single whole. Nzhdeh is depicted in a long military uniform. The military and statesman stands firmly, proudly, and confidently on his native land, his gaze directed into the distance, towards the future. The facial expression is characteristic of a strong, decisive leader and intellectual who lived a restrained life and engaged in spiritual activities for many years. With his left hand, he firmly grips his military overcoat, while with his right, he points to his winged words engraved on the sloping basalt platform in front of him:
GOD/ NATION/ HOMELAND/ TO LIVE AND ACT/ ONLY FOR THAT/ FOR WHICH IT IS WORTH DYING AND TO DIE/ ONLY FOR THAT/ FOR WHICH IT IS WORTH LIVING/. A PEOPLE WHOSE SONS/ ARE NOT EQUAL/ BEFORE THE LAW AND DEATH/ WILL NOT HAVE/ A VICTORIOUS HOMELAND/. GAREGIN/ NZHDEH.
Beneath the statue, on the open page of bronze sheets attached to the overcoat, it reads:
MY SOUL HAS TWO SUPPORTS - GOD AND HOMELAND.
The height of the statue is 5.7 m, the total height is 6.7 m.
The monument is an expression of respect for the great son of Armenia. It has significance for preserving memory, transmitting his activities to future generations, educating with national ideas, teaching, and morally arming.
Behind the monument is a park of khachkars, where copies of 17 khachkars from Western Armenia and Old Julfa are presented (2014).
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
Hanrapetutyan Str.
