Yervand Kochar
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Yervand "Kochar" Kocharyan, also known as Ervand Kochar was a prominent sculptor and modern artist of the twentieth century and a founder of Painting in Space art movement. The Ervand Kochar Museum is
Kochar on a 2024 stamp of Armenia
Anastas Mikoyan
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Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan was a Soviet statesman, diplomat, and Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the head of state of the Soviet Union. As a m
Yervand Kochar
…1943, Kochar was imprisoned on politically motivated charges. He was eventually freed due to the intervention of his friends from the Nersisian School, Anastas Mikoyan and Karo Halabyan. Kochar continued working in Yerevan, becoming especially prominent during the Khrushchev Thaw. He was awarded recognition as People's…
Mikoyan in 1950
Sanahin, Mikoyan's native village, in the Debed River valley of Armenia
1925 Soviet poster: "We will never forget the 26 murdered by English imperialists. 1918, September 20."
The Caucasus trio in 1925. From left to right: Mikoyan, Joseph Stalin and Sergo Ordzhonikidze