Yerevan, Armenia
I hope you don't mind fellow travellers, but I have combined a couple of items into one post.
Mother Armenia stands proudly in Victory Park, overlooking the city, erected in 1967 in the spot where in 1962 a statue of Uncle Joe once stood.
The 72ft statue, which stands atop of a pedestal ( that houses a military museum, closed on the day of visit. Bollocks!) formed in the shape of a traditional Armenian church. The total height of both is a remarkable 167ft. remarkable due to Armenia being one of the most earthquake prone areas in the world. Stand strong Mother Armenia.
Constructed of beaten copper and modelled on Genya Muradian, a young 17yr old citizen. The back story is fantastic, she still lives close to the monument today
Missiles and fun rides, how quaint.
Standing above , watching below, guarding the city below.
Down in the city below, an outstanding Soviet behemoth. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it
Just got to get across the fucking road.
So I am getting nearer, did I mention the traffic in Yerevan is a bastard? No well I shall mention it now. AND, that on the surface is a fucking zebra crossing, it means pedestrians who step on it have priority, you stop I go. I later found out that half the drivers in the city do not possess a licence. No shit Sherlock.
Eventually
AND eventually I gave up, how the locals cope I do not know, no one turned up to cross so I could tag onto them.
Built between 1968-75, to resemble then two peaks of Mount Ararat, it was one of the countries largest cinemas with a capacity of 2500. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, it became unused unloved and left abandoned. It is now a shopping centre.
Now why could the traffic not be like this circa 1970.
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