Young volunteers from various Yerevan schools and colleges have been out cleaning statues in the Armenian capital with the help of local fire brigades and their water trucks.

The list of statues getting a shine before the statrt of celebrations marking Yerevan’s 2795th birthday is extensive – Avetik Isahakyan, Vahan terian, Alexander Tamanyan, Sayat Nova, Aram Khachatryan, Martiros Sarian, Hovhannes Toumanyan and Andrei Sakharov.

Larger monuments like Davit of Sassoun, Vardan Mamikonian and Hayk Nahapet has also been given a good scrubbing.