Sargis Baghdasaryan

Sargis Baghdasaryan
Baghdasaryan's plaque on Kievyan's street, Yerevan
Born(1923-09-05)September 5, 1923
DiedJune 19, 2001(2001-06-19) (aged 78)
Known forWe Are Our Mountains

Sarghis Baghdasaryan, also Baghdasarian (Armenian: Սարգիս Իվանի Բաղդասարյան; 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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