Mother Armenia
Mother Armenia is a female personification of Armenia. Her most public visual rendering is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia.Photo: Mosinyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia
- Also known as: “Mayr Hayastan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mother Armenia and Matenadaran.
Matenadaran
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Matenadaran, officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is the largest center for the storage, study and popularization of Armenian manuscripts, combining the functions of a museum, archive and scientific institution. Matenadaran is situated 460 metres southwest of Mother Armenia.
Victory Park
Park
Photo: Bouarf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victory Park, is a public park located in the Kanaker-Zeytun District of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arabkir and Nork-Marash.
Arabkir
Suburb
Photo: Սէրուժ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arabkir, is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Located to the north of the city centre, Arabkir is bordered by the Davtashen District from the northwest, Ajapnyak District from the west, Kentron District from the south, and Kanaker-Zeytun District from the east.
Nork-Marash
Suburb
Photo: Kevorkmail, Public domain.
Nork-Marash, is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It is located to the east of the city centre. It is bordered by the Kentron District form the west and the north, Nor Nork from the east and Erebuni from the south.
Kanaker-Zeytun
Suburb
Photo: Mosinyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kanaker-Zeytun is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located in the northeastern part of the city. As of the 2022 census, the population of the district is 73,834.
Mother Armenia
- Categories: monument, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Yerevan, Central Armenia, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.19516° or 40° 11′ 43″ northLongitude
44.52467° or 44° 31′ 29″ eastElevation
1,119 metres (3,671 feet)Inception
1967Height
54 metres (177 feet)Open location code
8HG65GWF+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 375565244OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Mother Armenia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأم أرمينيا”
- Armenian: “Հաղթանակի մոնումենտ”
- Armenian: “Հուշարձան «Մայր Հայաստան»”
- Armenian: “Մայր Հայաստան հուշահամալիր”
- Armenian: “Մայր Հայաստան”
- Bashkir: “Әрмәнстан-әсә (монумент)”
- Bashkir: “Әрмәнстан-әсә”
- Belarusian: “Маці Армэнія”
- Belarusian: “Маці-Арменія”
- Bengali: “মাতা আর্মেনিয়া”
- Bulgarian: “Майка Армения”
- Catalan: “Mare Armènia”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆنۆمێنتی دایکی ئەرمەنستان”
- Chinese: “亞美尼亞之母”
- Croatian: “Majka Armenija”
- Czech: “Matka Arménie”
- Dutch: “Mother Armenia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الام ارمينيا”
- Esperanto: “Patrino Armenio”
- Finnish: “Äiti Armenia”
- French: “Mayr Hayastan”
- French: “Mayr Hayrenik”
- French: “Mere Armenie”
- French: “Mère Arménie”
- Georgian: “დედა-სომხეთი”
- German: “Mayr Hayastan”
- German: “Mutter Armenien”
- Greek: “Μητέρα Αρμενία”
- Hebrew: “אמא ארמניה”
- Hungarian: “Örményország anyja”
- Indonesian: “Ibu Armenia”
- Italian: “Madre Armenia”
- Japanese: “アルメニアの母”
- Japanese: “マザー・ハイアスタン”
- Japanese: “マザー・ハヤスタン”
- Latvian: “Māte Armēnija”
- Macedonian: “Мајка Ерменија”
- Persian: “مام ارمنستان”
- Polish: “Matka Armenia”
- Russian: “Мать Армения”
- Russian: “Мать-Армения”
- Serbian: “Мајка Јерменија”
- Slovenian: “Mati Armenija”
- Spanish: “Madre Armenia”
- Swedish: “Moder Armenien”
- Thai: “มารดาอาร์มีเนีย”
- Turkish: “Ermenistan Ana”
- Ukrainian: “Мати-Вірменія”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mać Armenska”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mayr Hayastan”
- Western Armenian: “Մայր Հայաստան յուշահամալիր”
- Western Armenian: “Մայր Հայաստան”
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