The monument to Stepan Shaumyan was erected in Yerevan in 1931 on Shaumyan Square. The authors of the monument are sculptor S. D. Merkurov and architect I. V. Zholtovsky . The monument is dedicated to the revolutionary and political activist Stepan Shaumyan (1878-1918). This is the first monument officially installed in Yerevan [2] . It is listed on the Kentron Administrative District.
| Monument | |
| Monument to Stepan Shaumyan | |
|---|---|
| arm Ստեփան Շահումյանի հուշարձան | |
| A country | |
| Location | |
| Sculptor | S. D. Merkurov |
| Architect | I.V. Zholtovsky |
| Established | |
| Build Date | 1931 year |
| Material | granite , basalt |
The monument plays an important role in the composition of Shahumyan Square. It is located in its northeastern part, against the backdrop of the boulevard [3] . Earlier in this place stood the St. Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church [4] , demolished in the 1920s.
The figure of Shaumyan, standing on a stepped pedestal, is carved in full growth from pink granite [5] . Stepan Shaumyan is depicted at the time of his execution [3] . The sculpture well conveys the expressive image of a revolutionary; it seems to be permeated with movement [6] .
Behind the sculpture are seven rectangular basalt pylons , united by an entablature consisting of an architrave and a jib [5] . Sculpture and pylons stand on a common stepped stylobate [3] . They are organic complements of each other [5] .
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Gallery
Sculpture of Shaumyan
Commemorative inscription on the pylon
Sculpture of Shaumyan. Back view
Information plate with a QR code in front of the monument
The fountain behind the monument
Literature
Notes
- ↑ Monuments database - 2017.
- ↑ Information plate at the monument
- ↑ 1 2 3 Yerevan . Stroyzdat, 1968
- ↑ St. Nicholas Cathedral on Cathedral Square // iatp.am
- ↑ 1 2 3 Architecture of the Republics of Transcaucasia: a collection of articles . Gos. publishing house of architecture and urban planning, 1951 - S. 180
- ↑ History of the art of the peoples of the USSR .: Art of the peoples of the USSR from the Great October Socialist Revolution to 1941 . Will depict. art, 1972. - S. 262