title: Komitas Pantheon
text: # Komitas Pantheon
  
  Komitas Park and Pantheon (Armenian: Կոմիտասի անվան զբոսայգի և պանթեոն) is located in Yerevan's Shengavit District, on the right side of the main Arshakunyats Avenue, in Armenia. It was formed in 1936 after the demolition of the "Mler" cemetery and its historic chapel.
  
  Many outstanding figures of Armenia's artistic world are buried here, including Komitas (1869–1935), the founder of Armenian national music, for whom it is named.
  
  ## Notable interments
  
  There are 60 burials at the Komitas Pantheon. Below is the list of some of the more notable burials:
  
  | Name | Date | Occupation |
  | - | - | - |
  | Vardan Ajemian | 1905–1977 | theatrical director and actor |
  | Mariam Aslamazian | 1907–2006 | painter |
  | Vahagn Davtyan (see image) | 1922–1996 | writer |
  | Hovhannes Hovhannisyan | 1864–1929 | poet, translator, educator |
  | Karen Demirchyan | 1932–1999 | politician |
  | Gegham Grigoryan | 1951–2016 | opera singer |
  | Avetik Isahakyan | 1875–1957 | lyric poet, writer |
  | Silva Kaputikyan | 1919–2006 | poet |
  | Aram Khachaturian | 1903–1978 | composer |
  | Sero Khanzadyan | 1916–1998 | writer |
  | Atabek Khnkoyan | 1870–1935 | writer |
  | Komitas | 1869–1935 | priest, composer, singer |
  | Shushanik Kurghinian (in adjoining park) | 1876–1927 | poet |
  | Romanos Melikian | 1883–1935 | composer |
  | Mher Mkrtchyan | 1930–1993 | actor |
  | Hrachia Nersisyan | 1895–1961 | film actor |
  | Vrtanes Papazian | 1866–1920 | writer, political and cultural activist |
  | Sergei Parajanov | 1924–1990 | film director and artist |
  | Hamo Sahyan | 1914–1993 | poet and translator |
  | Sos Sargsyan | 1929-2013 | actor |
  | William Saroyan | 1908–1981 | dramatist and author |
  | Martiros Saryan | 1880–1972 | painter |
  | Hovhannes Shiraz | 1915–1984 | poet |
  | Alexander Shirvanzade | 1858–1935 | playwright and novelist |
  | Alexander Tamanian | 1878–1936 | neoclassical architect |
  | Vahan Terian (cenotaph) | 1885–1920 | poet, lyrist and public activist |
  | Bedros Tourian (only the skull) | 1851–1872 | poet |
  | Stepan Zoryan | 1889–1967 | writer |
  