Complete map of memorial plaques in Yerevan [Все мемориальные доски Еревана]
There are a lot of memorial plaques dedicated to various people in Yerevan. Most of them have texts written in Armenian, some in Russian. Very few plaques have English text.
I think it would be useful for foreign tourists to have a complete map of Yerevan memorial plaques on hand. You can just notice the memorial plaque on the wall, look at the map and find out who it is dedicated to and who lived or worked in this house. At the moment, there are 597 memorial plaques on the map (including demolished).
The map is made with Google Maps. By clicking on any label, you can see a photo of the plaque, the original text (Armenian or Russian), an English translation and a short biography of the person in English.
The map shows only plaques dedicated to specific individuals.
Among them you can find the following varieties:
4. This building was built or restored according to the project of N.
5. This street, square or school is named after N.
7. N. did not live or work here, but we decided to place a memorial plaque to his memory here.
Also on the map you can find memorial plaques located near the buildings on separate pillars.
During my research, some of the boards have disappeared (they may have been removed, or the building they were on may have been demolished). I do not delete such boards, but transfer them to the “demolished boards” layer, indicated by gray marks.
An example of a destroyed board: a board dedicated to Hakob Kojoyan. It was located on the wall of the Kojoyan Educational Center. The center (by the way, an architectural monument) was demolished in 2023, and the board disappeared:
1. Plaques dedicated to events, not people.
2. Plaques listing the entire engineering staff of people who took part in the construction of the building (usually for modern houses).
3. Plaques-lists of those killed in the 2nd World War (usually 30 or more people are listed on such plaques).
4. Plaques indicating whose money this building was built (on modern buildings).
5. Commemorative inscriptions that are not plaques (engravings on tufa). The only exception is the engraving on the building where Avetik Isahakyan lived.
6. Some educational and scientific institutions have classrooms named after certain figures of culture and art who were not directly related to these institutions. Only internal plaques like "This figure worked in this office / lived in this hotel room" are taken into account.
1. I do not know the Armenian language, so there may be numerous misprints in the Armenian-language inscriptions. Please, if you find a typo, let me know in telegram @timskorenko.
2. Errors in English texts are possible. I processed a huge amount of information and was in a hurry. If you find such errors, also write to me in telegram.
Plaques that should be on the map, but not found by me
I am aware of the existence of at least one more memorial plaque, the location of which, unfortunately, I have not found. If you know where this plaque is, please write to me in telegram.
Баграт Алексанян / Bagrat Aleksanyan / Բագրատ Ալեքսանյան (somewhere near Zakharia Sarkavag street)
If you know of any other plaque not mentioned on the map, please contact me.
Some statistics on the districts of the city
Kentron — 483 plaques (including 1 demolished)
Arabkir — 79
Shengavit — 12
Erebuni — 6
Ajapnyak — 3
Avan — 3
Kanaker-Zeitun — 3
Malatia-Sebastia — 3
Nor-Nork — 3
Davtashen — 2
I did not find any memorial plaques in Nork-Marash and Nubarashen.
The map also includes 21 plaques located inside the buildings.
Thank you!
Tim Skorenko
P. S. © All photos — Tim Skorenko
- the plaque dedicated to Harutyun Galentz — this photo was taken by Armine Aghayan for Wikipedia.
- the plaque dedicated to Yuri Ischuk & Roman Fedina — this photo was taken by a photographer of the Russian Embassy in Armenia (civilians cannot access the plaque as it is located in the protected area of the Russian military base).