Haykakan Zhamanak: Erection of controversial Mikoyan statue postponed

10:13 * 30.08.14

The statue of Anastas Mikoyan, the Soviet-Armenian leader widely
criticized for Stalin-era repressionist policies, will not be erected
in Yerevan in 2014, the paper says, citing the chief architect.

The sculpture was initially scheduled to be installed in Armenia’s
capital until the end of this year.

“We are in a conservated state, with no progress at all. We have what
we had before, both the decision and the statue. But considering other
problems of more primary importance, we are now dealing with them.
That doesn’t mean, however, that we have given it up,” Tigran
Barseghyan told the paper, reportedly giving no guarantees that the
sculpture will be erected next year.

Armenian News – Tert.am

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress