Stop 1.Ararat Brandy Factory
The construction of the park (then called Arabkir City Park) began in the 1930s, and after the end of World War II, it was renamed Victory Park. On November 29, 1950, the Victory Park memorial complex was inaugurated, featuring a 17-meter-tall statue of Joseph Stalin. Due to this, locals still refer to the complex, the park, and the surrounding district as "Monument." The architect behind the park’s reconstruction and the memorial complex was Rafael Israelyan. In 1962, Stalin’s statue was dismantled, and years later, Ara Harutyunyan’s 22-meter-tall "Mother Armenia" statue was installed on the pedestal as a symbolic representation of the Armenian woman.
