MONUMENT TO PETER I TO BE ERECTED IN YEREVAN IN AUTUMN
YEREVAN, February 4 (Noyan Tapan). It is expected that the monument to
Russian King Peter I will be erected in Yerevan in the middle of
October of this year. Discussion dedicated to the issues regarding the
volumes, materials for the preparation of the monument, the selection
of the place of erection of the monument was organized at the Yerevan
Head Architect. Samvel Danielian, the Head Architect of Yerevan, told
journalists after the discussion that the children’s park of the
Arabkir Community was suggested as the final place of the erection of
the monument of Russian sculptor Vadim Tserkovnikov. This territory is
advisable, because the monument will be seen for all the sides.
According to Ara Khaleyan, the Deputy Chairman of the “400th
Anniversary of the Romanovs” Foundation, the idea of the erection of
the monument to Peter I in Yerevan was proposed still during the
Armenian World Congress held in Moscow in October 2003. The
construction of the monument will be financed by the Armenian
Community of Russia, in particular, of Moscow, Kostroma and Lipetsk.