I saw this incredible statue of Mother Armenia in a pilgrimage to Armenia, including the unrecognized Armenian Republic of Nagorno- Karabakh (Artsakh) with the Church of the Holy Martyrs in Bayside, before the global pandemic.
The Mother Armenia monument is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan. Its construction started in 1950 alongside a statue of Joseph Stalin. After the death of the latter, his statue was removed and replaced in 1967 by the Mother Armenia monument. The sculptor is Ara Harutyunyan, architect Rafael lsraelyan.
The Mother Armenia statue symbolizes peace through strength. It can remind viewers of some of the prominent female figures in Armenian history, who took up arms to help their husbands in their clashes with Turkish troops and Kurdish irregulars. It also recalls the important status and value attributed to the older female members of an Armenian family
The Grave of the Unknown Soldier, next to the monument, symbolizes the eternal memory in which those who died in the war are held.
It is one year after the devastating defeat of the Armenian people in The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Families losing their ancestral homes a human tragedy. Radio anchor/journalist of HellasFM said “one year ago I attended a Memorial service for the Heroes of Artsakh at the Holy Martyrs Apostolic Church in Bayside, NY. A generation of civilians, of young men and children were killed by Turkish drones.” Western allies of Turkey were involved in drone attacks.3 The statue of Mother Armenia gives hope to the future.