Sargis Baghdasaryan
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Sarghis Baghdasaryan, also transliterated Baghdasarian (September 5, 1923 - June 19, 2001), was an Armenian sculptor; under the Soviet regime, he was the national sculptor of the Armenian SSR
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He is perhaps best known for his 1967 work We Are Our Mountains
, a monument carved into the tuff
outside Stepanakert
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He is perhaps best known for his 1967 work We Are Our Mountains
We Are Our Mountains
"We Are Our Mountains" is a large Armenian monument north of Stepanakert, the capital city of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.The sculpture, completed in 1967 by Sargis Baghdasaryan, is widely regarded as a symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh...
, a monument carved into the tuff
Tuff
Tuff is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. Tuff is sometimes called tufa, particularly when used as construction material, although tufa also refers to a quite different rock. Rock that contains greater than 50% tuff is considered...
outside Stepanakert
Stepanakert
Stepanakert is the largest city and capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic, though is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan...
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