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

Monument to the Great Patriotic War in Vanadzor, Armenia | War memorial | Soviet monument | former USSR

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