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Statue of Garegin Nzhdeh was installed in 'Park of Khachkars' (video)

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A statue to Armenian statesman Garegin Nzhdeh was installed in the 'Park of Khachkars' on Wednesday, May 25. The statue will be ceremonially unveiled on May 28. Sculptor Gagik Stepanyan began to work on the statue in 2011. “I present him to the public in a military uniform. His thoughts are engraved on the pedestal. I wanted the statue to have a complete image,” says the sculptor. Some passengers grouped near the statue said Nzhdeh resembles Peter the Great in his posture. Gagik Stepanyan says the statue arouses different feelings and receives different assessments. “A man came up to me to ask why I did not portray him on a horse… People are different and they want the statue to look like his picture. I am the creator, which means I collected all material could find to show him in the best possible way…” The sculptor added that the location of the statue had been decided by specialists and he did not have a say in it.