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Restaurant in Shirak Province, Armenia
Poloz Mukuch Beerhouse
Poloz Mukuch Beerhouse
Restaurant information
Established1960s
Food typeArmenian
Street addressJivani Street
CityGyumri, Shirak Province
CountryArmenia

Poloz Mukuch is a restaurant and prominent beerhouse in Gyumri, the second-largest city in Armenia. It was opened during the 1960s in Soviet Armenia and located in the historic district of Kumayri. It occupies an old mansion built in the 1860s. The beerhouse is named after humorist Mkrtich Melkonyan (1881-1931), a native of Gyumri, better known as Poloz Mukuch.

History

The building was originally built by Ter-Suqias Meliqyan (was born in 1880 in Ojakhuli , under Stalin's regime, he was executed in 1937 by a troika of the NKVD (People's Committee of Internal Affairs) and the KGB in Armenia. ), when Gyumri was known as Alexandropol under Imperial Russia. However, the property was nationalized by the Soviet government in 1937. At the beginning of the 1960s, the building was turned into a state-owned beerhouse.

However, the property was privatized in late 1990s and continued to function as a beerhouse. The 130-year old building is well-preserved and still keeping its original traditional design. The bust of Poloz Mukuch was placed at the entrance.

Nowadays, the beerhouse is one of the prominent landmarks of the city of Gyumri.

Gallery

  • The beerhouse at Kumayri historic district The beerhouse at Kumayri historic district
  • The facade of the building The facade of the building
  • General view General view
  • Mkrtich Melkonyan, better known as Poloz Mukuch Mkrtich Melkonyan, better known as Poloz Mukuch
  • The beerhouse at Jivani Street The beerhouse at Jivani Street

References

  1. The history Poloz Mukuch Beerhouse
  2. Poloz Mukuch Beerhouse

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