Monument to of People`s Artist of Armenia Yervand Manaryan unveiled  in Yerevan

ArmInfo.The statue of People's Artist of Armenia, actor, and director Yervand Manaryan was unveiled in Yerevan today. Attending the ceremony were Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Arayik Harutyunyan, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan, representatives of the cultural sphere and others.

Zhanna Andreasyan and Yervand Manaryan's son, Krist Manaryan unveiled  the statue. The 2.8-meter-high statue was installed in the area  adjacent to 4 Sayat-Nova Avenue in Yerevan, in front of the Hovhannes  Tumanyan National Puppet Theater. The statue was erected on the  occasion of the actor's 100th birth anniversary.

By the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, AMD 65  million ($168,000) were allocated for the purpose. The author of the  bronze statue is Armenak Vardanyan, Mikael Misakyan is the architect  of the statue.

The opening ceremony was followed by the cancellation of a stamp  dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the great actor and a photo  exhibition. One stamp dedicated to the theme "Great Armenians. 100th  Anniversary of the Birth of Yervand Manaryan" was put into  circulation. The stamp with a face value of 380 drams depicts Yervand  Manaryan (1924-2020). On the right side of the stamp there are the  following inscriptions: "100 YEARS", "YERVAND MANARYAN" and "Armenian  actor, director" in Armenian and English.