Facing the Armenian Genocide Monument from the Remembrance Grove, watch this video featuring the both Sashur Kalashyan and Anahit Tarkhanyan, who share their impressions of the Monument.
About the Interviewees
Sashur Kalashyan is an Armenian architect, born in Leninakan (Gyumri, Armenia) on May 20, 1936. In 1959, he graduated from Yerevan Polytechnic Institute. He has been involved with many architectural projects, including serving as the architect of the Armenian Genocide Memorial-Institute building with his wife, Ludmila Mkrtchyan (opened in 1995), and saved many historical buildings in Soviet Armenia and the Republic of Armenia. From 1961-1972, and 1995-up today, he has worked with ArmProject and is Head of Architectural Studio.
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.