Hayk Square

Hayk Square (Հայքի Հրապարակ, Hayki Hraparak) is the main central square of Vanadzor, Armenia. Tigran Mets Avenue crosses it from southeast to northwest, while Movses Khorenatsi Street approaches from the northeast. The square opened in the 1950s to a design by architects Baghdasar Arzumanyan and Hovhannes Margaryan. During the Soviet era it was known as Kirov Square, after Bolshevik leader Sergei Kirov, whose statue stood in the centre until Armenian independence. Plans have since been discussed to install monuments to Hayk Nahapet and Tigran the Great.