Marshal Baghramyan Avenue (Armenian:Մարշալ Բաղրամյան Պողոտա) is an avenue in the centralKentron and the northwesternArabkir districts ofYerevan,Armenia. The avenue is named after theSovietArmenian commander andMarshal of the Soviet UnionHovhannes Baghramyan 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.^[1]

Marshal Baghramyan Avenue

The statue of Marshal Baghramyan on the avenue
Native name	Մարշալ Բաղրամյան Պողոտա (Armenian)
Former name(s)	Friendship Avenue
Length	2.2 km (1.4 mi)
Width	17 metres
Location	Kentron andArabkir districts, Yerevan,Armenia

The 2.2-kilometre-long (1.4 mi) 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.

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

• ThePrime Minister's Residence (commonly known as Baghramyan 26)
• TheNational Assembly of Armenia
• The National Security Council of Armenia
• TheConstitutional Court of Armenia

• Embassy of theUnited Kingdom
• Embassy of the Kingdom ofSweden
• Embassy of theSyrian Arab Republic
• Embassy of thePeople's Republic of China
• The consulate ofThailand

• Armenian National Academy of Sciences
• American University of Armenia
• House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian
• TheWriters Union of Armenia
• 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)

• TheLovers' Park
• Marshal Baghramyan underground station
• Barekamutyun underground station
• The Armenian Evangelical Church

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  In Rally and Sit-in against the approved rise in electricity tariffs, June 22, 2015.
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  In Rally and Sit-in against the approved rise in electricity tariffs, June 22, 2015.

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