Sarghis Baghdasaryan, also Baghdasarian ( hy, Սարգիս Իվանի Բաղդասարյան; September 5, 1923 in Banadzor – June 19, 2001 in

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

), was a Soviet

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. He is best known for his 1967 work ''

We Are Our Mountains ''We Are Our Mountains'' ( hy, Մենք ենք մեր լեռները, translit=Menk' enk' mer leṙnerə) is a large monument north of Stepanakert, the capital city of self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de-jure part of Azerbaijan. The sculp ...

'', a monument carved into the

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outside Stepanakert. Locally, it is known as ''Mamik yev Babik'' (or "Granny and Grandpa").

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