Karen Demirchyan Street ( Armenian Կարեն Դեմիրճյան փողոց ) is a short (about 350 m) Yerevan street in the central district of Kentron . Passes from Mesrop Mashtots Avenue to Saryan Street .
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| Former names | Pavstos Buzand |
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Roadways limit the boulevard.
Content
History
The modern name is in honor of the Armenian Soviet public and party leader Karen Demirchyan (1932-1999), who was shot by terrorists in the building of the Armenian parliament on October 27, 1999. The street was named in 2014, the previously odd side was part of Pavstos Buzand street , the even side was part of Aram street . Initially, it was planned to name the square in honor of Demirchyan [1] . It is planned to open a monument to K. Demirchyan [2] [3] on the street.
In the basement of one of the buildings on the street, Nikolai Shustov , one of the largest producers of alcoholic beverages in Tsarist Russia at the end of the 19th century, opened his first store.
Attractions
House Museum of Yeghishe Charents
Famous residents
17 - Galust Galoyan (memorial plaque)
Gevorg Musheghyan (memorial plaque)
Nerses Stepanyan (plaque)
Gennady Melkonyan (memorial plaque)
Aram Satunts (plaque)
Street in the cinema
On the street, a number of scenes of the feature film " Guys of the Musical Team " (1960) [4] [5] were shot.
Literature
Երևան քաղաքի հասցեների տեղեկատու, Երևան, 1983, էջեր 369-506, Երևան քաղաքի փողոցների անվանումները
Սերգեյ Ավագյան, Երևանի փողոցները, Երևան, ՎՄՎ-ՊՐԻՆՏ, 2010—272 էջ։
Notes
- ↑ Armenia: streets, stadium and metro will be named after those killed in parliament
- ↑ Monument to statesman Karen Demirchyan will appear in the center of Yerevan
- ↑ Why is still no monument to Karen Demirchyan in Yerevan? Answered by sculptor T. Arzumanyan
- ↑ “Musical team guys”: “Dashnaks” in pince-nez, robbers, the bourgeoisie and the Armenian people
- ↑ “Musical team guys”: “Dashnaks” in pince-nez, robbers, the bourgeoisie and the Armenian people