Tatik Papik
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We Are Our Mountains ( Armenian Տատիկ-Պապիկ , grandmother and grandfather ') or " We are our mountains " ( Armenian Մենք ենք մեր սարերը , Menk' enk 'mer sarerě ) is a monument on a hill at the northern entrance to the city of Stepanakert , built in 1967 was .
The work of the Armenian sculptor Sargis Baghdasaryan is widely regarded as a symbol of the de facto independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (now the Artsakh Republic ). It is made of tuff and shows an old Armenian man and woman who represent the miners from Nagorno-Karabakh . The sculpture is also featured on the coat of arms of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic . Furthermore, Tatik Papik is depicted on the reverse of a 5 dram coin from the only previously published set of coins from Nagorno Karabakh from 2004.
We Are Our Mountains is in ostarmenischer language under the name "Tatik jew Papik" ( Տատիկ եւ Պապիկ , EW We Are Our Mountains ) and known as "Mamig jew Babig" ( Մամիկ եւ Պապիկ , Mamik ew Papik ) in westarmenischer .
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- ↑ Artsakh: A Photographic Journey by Hrair Khatcherian, p.49. ISBN 0-9697620-0-7
Coordinates: 39 ° 50 ′ 13.5 ″ N , 46 ° 46 ′ 11.7 ″ E