Yerablur () or Yerablur Military Pantheon is a

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located on a hilltop in the outskirts of

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

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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 region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians until 2023, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbai ...

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 Vagharshapat ( ) is the 5th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is commonly known as Ejmiatsin ...

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 Government of Turkey, Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its responsibility for ...

, 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 (, ; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenians, Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's ...

, 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 (; 25 November 1957 – 12 June 1993) was an Armenian-American revolutionary and left-wing nationalist militant. He was a commander in the Artsakh Defence Army and was killed while fighting against Azerbaijan in the First Na ...

(1993) *

Garo Kahkejian Garo Kahkejian ( reformed orthography: Կարո Քահքեջյան">Armenian orthography reform">reformed orthography: Կարո Քահքեջյան 24 March 1962 – 26 June 1993) was a famed Armenian military commander and participant in the Fi ...

(1993) *

Shahen Meghrian Shahen Zinavori Meghrian (; 2 January 1952 – 17 April 1993) was an Armenian military commander and political activist.

(1993) * Sose Mayrig (died in 1952, reburied at Yerablur in 1998) *

(1999) *

Andranik Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik (25 February 186531 August 1927), was an Armenian military commander and statesman, the best known '' fedayi'' and a key figure of the Armenian national liberation moveme ...

(died in 1927, reburied at Yerablur in 2000) *

Gurgen Margaryan On 19 February 2004, Gurgen Margaryan (; 26 September 1978 – 19 February 2004), a lieutenant in the Armenian army, was murdered in Budapest, Hungary, by Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani army. In September 2013, a monument dedica ...

(2004) *

Basentsi Azoyan Basentsi Azoyan (November 30, 1947, Vaghoudi, Sisian – 12 June 2006) was a Major-General and chief of the Intelligence Department of the Armenian armed forces general staff. A graduate of the KGB’s Institute, from 1974-1995, Basentsi Azoyan ...

(2006) *

Sebouh Nersesian Arshag Nersesian (; 1872–1940), better known by his nom de guerre Sebouh or General Sebouh (), was an Armenian military commander. He was the right-hand man of General Andranik Ozanian. Early life He was born in 1872 in Tomna (a village north ...

(died in 1940, reburied at Yerablur in 2014) *

Gourgen Yanikian Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian (, December 24, 1895 – February 27, 1984) was an Armenian genocide survivor. He is best known for the assassination of two Turkish consular officials, Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir. The event to ...

(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

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Gallery

File:Yerablur Martyr's Church.jpg,

Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church St. Vartanants Martyrs Church () is the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It is located on the Yerablur hill, right of the Yerevan-Echmiadzin highway. On the day of Saint Vartanants, ...

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

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