Marshal Baghramyan Avenue ( hy, Մարշալ Բաղրամյան Պողոտա) is an avenue in the central

Kentron Denel Dynamics, formerly Kentron, is a division of Denel SOC Ltd, a South African armaments development and manufacturing company wholly owned by the South African Government. It underwent a name change from Kentron to Denel Aerospace Systems dur ...

and the northwestern Arabkir districts of

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

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. The avenue is named after the

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commander and

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Hovhannes Baghramyan Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan,; russian: Ива́н Христофо́рович Баграмя́н, link=no also known as Hovhannes Khachaturi Baghramyan; russian: Оване́с Хачату́рович Баграмя́н, link=no ( – 2 ...

whose statue stands at the central part of the avenue. It was known as the Friendship Avenue (Comradeship Avenue) between 1970 and 1995, as a tribute to the friendship of all Soviet Union member nations.History
/ref> The avenue starts with the Place de France at the east and ends up with the Barekamutyun Square at the west. It is mainly home to educational, government and foreign diplomatic mission buildings.

Notable buildings

Marshal Baghramyan Avenue is home to a series of notable buildings and structures.

Government buildings

* The Prime Minister's Residence (commonly known as Baghramyan 26) * The

National Assembly of Armenia The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...

* The National Security Council of Armenia * The

Constitutional Court of Armenia The Constitutional Court of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության սահմանադրական դատարան, translit=Hayastani Hanrapetut'yan sahmanadrakan dataran) is the highest legal body for constitutional review in ...

Foreign diplomatic missions

* Embassy of the

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* Embassy of the

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* Embassy of the

Syrian Arab Republic Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

* Embassy of the

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* The consulate of

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Education, science and culture

Armenian National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri az ...

American University of Armenia The American University of Armenia (AUA) ( hy, Հայաստանի ամերիկյան համալսարան, ՀԱՀ; ''Hayastani amerikyan hamalsaran'', ''HAH'') is a private, independent university in Yerevan, Armenia that is accredited by the Wes ...

House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian The Aram Khachaturian House-Museum ( hy, Արամ Խաչատրյանի տուն-թանգարան) opened in Yerevan, Armenia in 1982 and is devoted to the exhibition of the Armenian composer Aram Khatchaturian's personal artifacts, as well as to t ...

* The

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* The Architects' Union of Armenia * The public schools of: Anton Chekhov (No. 55), Republic of Argentina (No. 76), Hayrapet Hayrapetyan (No. 78) and Hakob Oshakan (No. 172)

Other structures

* The

Lovers' Park Lovers' Park ( hy, Սիրահարների Այգի (''Siraharneri Aygi'') is a public park in Yerevan, Armenia, located on Baghramyan Avenue. It occupies an area of 2.5 hectares in the central Kentron District of the city. The park was entirely ren ...

* Marshal Baghramyan underground station * Barekamutyun underground station * The Armenian Evangelical Church

Gallery

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References

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