Sargis Baghdasaryan
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Sargis Baghdasaryan | |
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 Baghdasaryan's plaque on Kievyan's street, Yerevan | |
| Born | September 5, 1923 |
| Died | June 19, 2001 (aged 78) |
| Known for | We 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.[1][2] 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").[3]
