Moscow Cinema in Yerevan / Armenia

The Moscow Cinema is located at the Charles Aznavour Square in the Armenian capital Yerevan. Tiran Yerkanyan and Gevorg Kochar (1901-1968) were the architectures. It was opened on 12 December 1936, with the Soviet-Armenian movie Pepo.

The facade of the buildingis decorated with the symbolic sculptures of well-known Soviet films Chapaev, Pepo, David Bek, Sayat-Nova and the plastic arts Dancing and Stage.

The cinema was privated in 1999 and reopened after a major renovation in September 2000. Now it has 4 halls with 491, 350, 49 and 35 seats. And it has also an open-air theatre at the eastern side of the building.

The postcard is from 1960, it is more a drawing than a photo.