Monument to the Great Patriotic War (World War II)
Location: Vanadzor, Armenia
Completed: 1973
Designers: Rafik Boshyan, Boris Kocharyan, Ashot Kanayan (architects), Zhirayr Ketikyan, Ara Sargsyan and Mehrab Mirzakhanyan (sculptors)
Genre: War memorial, Soviet monument, former USSR
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