Monument to Alexander Tamanian
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Completed: 1974
Sculptor: Artashes Hovsepyan
Genre: Soviet monument, former USSR
Alexander Tamanian (1878-1936) was a Russian-born neoclassical architect responsible for laying down the blueprint for modern Yerevan in the 1920s.
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