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The Yerevan Cascade is a stairway complex in the Armenian capital. It is considered one of the city's most popular viewing points.[1] The complex was designed by Jim Torosyan, Aslan Mkhitaryan, and Sargis Gurzadyan (Wikipedia).

The bronze sculpture of a woman smoking a cigarette is one of the famous female sculptures created by Fernando Botero. His modern bronze sculptures are known for their disproportionate body volumes, and this bronze female sculpture reflects his style. On August 27, 2012, the famous Colombian sculptor Fernando Botero's "Smoking Woman" work was placed in Cafesjian's "sculpture garden" in the Cascade complex, Yerevan. The sculpture was created in 1987. The sculpture of Yerevan is one of the copies. Unlike Botero's previous works in Yerevan, this sculpture was criticized by many residents, for whom it was unusual to see a naked smoking woman in the center of their capital. But over time, residents got used to the statue.

This bronze statue dates from 1986 and is sided, at the "Cafesjian Sculpture Garden", by two other works also by Fernando Botero, the "Cat" and the "Smoking Woman".

On August 27, 2012, the work of the famous Colombian sculptor Fernando Botero "Smoking Woman" was placed in Cafesjian's "sculpture garden" in the Cascade complex, Yerevan. The sculpture was created in 1987. The sculpture of Yerevan is one of the copies. Unlike Botero's previous works in Yerevan, this sculpture was criticized by many residents, for whom it was unusual to see a naked smoking woman in the center of their capital. But over time, residents got used to the statue.

Victory Park (Armenian: «Հաղթանակ» զբոսայգի Haght'anak zbosaygi), is a public park located in the Kanaker-Zeytun District of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. The construction of the park was launched during the late 1930s as the "Arabkir city park", within the frames of the development of the Nor Arabkir neighbourhood at the north of Yerevan; the capital of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. After the Great Patriotic War, the park was renamed "Victory Park", commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany at the Eastern Front of World War II. After the war, the Victory Park was opened on November 29, 1950, at the 30th anniversary of the Sovietization of Armenia. On the same day, a 17-meters high copper statue of Joseph Stalin designed by People's Artist of the USSR Sergey Merkurov was erected in the park, while the basalt-stoned pedestal of the statue was designed by another People's Artist of the USSR Rafayel Israyelian. In 1962, the statue of Stalin was dismantled, and replaced by the monumental statue of Mother Armenia in 1967, designed by architect Ara Harutyunyan. In 1970, a museum dedicated to Armenia's role in the Great Patriotic War was opened within the pedestal of the statue. However in 1995, it was turned into the Military Museum of Armenia governed by the Ministry of Defence. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Park,_Yerevan

Yerevan became the capital of the Armenian SSR and underwent significant development. Under the architect Alexander Tamanjan the cityscape was radically changed. Many historical buildings, such as churches, mosques, the Persian fortress, baths, bazaars and caravanserais were demolished. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerevan#:~:text=Yerevan%20became%20the%20capital%20of the%20bazaars%20and%20caravanserais%20were%20demolished. The monument commemorates the architect.

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