Watch the video featuring Anahit Tarkhanyan, daughter of architect Arthur Tarkhanyan, who discusses the symbolism of the Memorial’s location facing Mount Ararat and the commemorative march up to the site.
About the Interviewee
Anahit Tarkhanyan is the founding director of the Arthur Tarkhanyan Center and a member of the board of the Chamber of Architects of Armenia.
Her father, Arthur Tarkhanyan, was born in Leninakan (present-day Gyumri) on February 23, 1932. He was a graduate of the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1957. Throughout his career he designed multi-story residential buildings, public schools, resorts, cinema, other public buildings, including multiple monuments in Armenia and in the former Soviet Union.