Sargis Baghdasaryan
Sarghis Baghdasaryan, also Baghdasarian (September 5, 1923 in Banadzor – June 19, 2001 in Yerevan), was a Soviet Armenian sculptor. He is best known for his 1967 work – We Are Our Mountains, a monument carved into the tuff outside Stepanakert. Locally, it is known as Mamik yev Babik (or "Granny and Grandpa").
Also recorded as Sargis Ivani Baghdasaryan · Baghdasaryan, Sargis Ivani · Sarghis Baghdasaryan
Sargis Baghdasaryan
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- Name
- Sargis Baghdasaryan
- Born
- 5 September 1923
- Died
- 19 June 2001
- Known for
- We Are Our Mountains
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Armenia
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater
- Honours
- People's Artist of the Armenian SSR · Armenian SSR State Prize · Jubilee Medal Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Medal For Distinguished Labour · Order of the Badge of Honour · Honored Painter of the Armenian SSR
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Sarghis Baghdasaryan, also Baghdasarian (September 5, 1923 in Banadzor – June 19, 2001 in Yerevan), was a Soviet Armenian sculptor. He is best known for his 1967 work – We Are Our Mountains, a monument carved into the tuff outside Stepanakert. Locally, it is known as Mamik yev Babik (or "Granny and Grandpa").
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Sargis Baghdasaryan studied at Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater. Employment is recorded with Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater. Works named in the authority record are Monument to Hunan Avetisyan, Hakob Paronyan Monument, We Are Our Mountains, David Bek statue, Kapan, Stepan Shahumyan's bust and Monument to Avetik Isahakyan.
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• Name — Sargis Baghdasaryan • Born — 5 September 1923 • Died — 19 June 2001 • Known for — We Are Our Mountains
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