Monument to Stepan Harutyunyan, popularly known as Karabala, which means dark-skinned boy in Turkic. His story is interesting, but alas tragic. He was born into a wealthy Armenian family that owned flower gardens in Yerevan. With the advent of Soviet power, his parents were dispossessed, and Stepan was later imprisoned for criticizing the authorities. After he was released, he began selling flowers on the street, often giving them to women for free, but he took them from men at full price. In general, the kindest uncle had a difficult fate. Since he no longer had his own place, he spent the night wherever he had to. He died of hypothermia on one of the cold days. The sculpture itself was erected in the 90s, and during this time the location changed periodically. Passersby who know this story put flowers in his basket. I am sharing a retro photo of those times, which depicts Stepan handing out flowers.

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Роман Пакин

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Normul, only a smelly beggar sat next to him and did not give him a normal look

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Aндрей Разгуляев

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Karabala is a symbol of kindness, selflessness and defenselessness. According to legend, Karabala looked after the grave of his late friend's first wife and continued to give roses to young girls on the street. He froze in the street and died of hypothermia. Here is a story about this monument.

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