Karen Bayramyan - Ashkharbek Kalantar’s activities for preservation of monuments (1930s)
12 Pages | 183-195 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2023.1-183 | Revceived on: 2023-02-28 | Reviewed on: 2023-03-03 | Accepted for printing on: 2023-03-23
Published in: 2023 N 1 (222) / Ethnography
From a political, economic and cultural point of view, the 1930s were a turning point in the history of the Soviet Armenia: socialist construction marked an unprecedented rise, which caused new problems in the preservation of ancient monuments and architectural constructions of cultural value. The soviet authorities showed emphasized intolerance, first, to the spiritual institutions; many churches of cultural value were demolished or turned into collective farm warehouses, hayfields, etc.
KeywordsAshkharbek Kalantar Soviet Armenia socialist construction committee for preservation of antiquities protection of monuments research confrontation coverage.