Yerablur ( hy, Եռաբլուր, translation=based on three hills) or Yerablur Military Pantheon is a

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

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located on a hilltop in the outskirts of

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

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. Since 1988, Yerablur has become the burial place of Armenian soldiers who died during the

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ...

History

On 26 May 1992, the status of the cemetery was approved by the order of the Government of Armenia.

Layout

It is located in the western part of Yerevan, on the Yerablur hill, to the right of the

— Etchmiadzin highway. The height of the hill is 951 m, and the area of the pantheon is 19.22 ha. On the left side of the entrance to Yerablur is the chapel, in front of which is the Museum of the Fallen Freedom Fighters, next to it is the monument commemorating the 39 soldiers of the

Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) was a militant organization active between 1975 and the 1990s whose stated goal was "to compel the Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its responsibility for the Armenian genocide ...

, further is the monument to the missing Freedom Fighters. In Yerablur are the graves of the National Heroes of Armenia

Vazgen Sargsyan Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan ( hy, Վազգեն Զավենի Սարգսյան, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from ...

, Jivan Abrahamyan, Monte Melkonyan, the soldiers of Nagorno-Karabakh war many other notable Armenians. The complex is guarded by the military guard service of the pantheon. Since 1995, the Committee of the Parents of the Fallen Freedom Fighters of the Yerablur Military Pantheon has been functioning.

Notable burials

The grave of a soldier of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war

Many famous Armenian heroes are buried in this military cemetery, including: * Vardan Stepanyan (1992) * Gurbanmurad Nepesov (1992) *

Monte Melkonian Monte Melkonian ( hy, Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան; November 25, 1957 – June 12, 1993) was an Armenian-American revolutionary and left-wing nationalist militant. He was the leader of an offshoot of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation ...

(1993) * Garo Kahkejian (1993) * Shahen Meghrian (1993) * Sose Mayrig (died in 1952, reburied at Yerablur in 1998) *

(1999) *

Andranik Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik;. Also spelled Antranik or Antranig 25 February 186531 August 1927), was an Armenian military commander and statesman, the best known '' fedayi'' and a key figure of the ...

(died in 1927, reburied at Yerablur in 2000) * Gurgen Margaryan (2004) * Sebouh Nersesian (died in 1940, reburied at Yerablur in 2014) * Gourgen Yanikian (died in 1984, reburied in 2019) All memorials from Yerablur military cemetery are available for viewing o
hush.am
genealogical website.

Architecture

The authors of the plan and architectural solutions of the plan of Yerablur Pantheon are the architects of A. Mkhitaryan's Studio. The construction and construction works were carried out by "Hayaviashin" company. The tombstones are mainly made of

basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. More than 90 ...

Gallery

File:Yerablur Martyr's Church.jpg, Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church File:Yerablur 3.jpg, The main entrance File:Monte Melkonian Yerablur.jpg, Monte Melkonian File:Garo Kahkejian.jpg, Garo Kahkejian File:SoseMayrig.JPG, Sose Mayrig File:Vazgen Sargsyan's tombstone at Yerablur, Yerevan.jpg, Vazgen Sargsyan File:Andranik Ozanian memorial in Yerablur.jpg, Andranik File:Gurgen Margaryan Yerablur.png, Gurgen Margaryan File:Yerablur Military Pantheon, 2021.png, Yerablur in 2021

References

External links

* {{Yerevan landmarks Buildings and structures in Yerevan Military cemeteries Armenian cemeteries Cemeteries in Armenia Tourist attractions in Yerevan 1990 establishments in Armenia Burials in Armenia Geography of Yerevan