Circular Park
Half-ring greenbelt of statues and shaded paths tracing the edge of a capital's old center.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Circular Park in Yerevan is built around the bronze figure of Alexander Griboyedov, the Russian playwright whose 1823 satire Woe from Wit was banned outright and circulated for a decade only in handwritten copies before it reached print. It follows his second career as a diplomat, including the 1828 treaty he helped negotiate that let Armenians resettle in this region, and the stand he took in Tehran when officials demanded he hand over refugees sheltering in the embassy. Look for the statue among the trees along the park's old-city loop.
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