Armenian builds replicas of world’s famous landmarks in Russian town

A Russian-Armenian businessman from Volgograd has built the replica of the Eiffel Tower and the miniature sculptures of other iconic landmarks on a rented land property situated 60km away from the city.

Atom Grigoryan, the owner of a development company, came up with the idea after erecting the mini model of Mount Ararat outside his house “to mitigate the longing for home”, Nvologda.ru reports.

“My wife helped me a lot. After [Eiffel] was there, we at times exchanged kisses below the tower and posed for photos,” he said.

Shortly after completing Eiffel, Grigoryan erected the 7-meter-long replica of Pisa and the 20-meter-long replica of Ostankino, Russia’s biggest television and radio tower.

Grigoryan said he plans to turn the land lot into a popular rest zone after building several other world-famous monuments, including London’s Big Ben and the world’s highest skyscraper, Burj Khalifa (a 829.8 meter long tower in Dubai, UAE).  He intends to launch a park and a hotel on the territory.

The businessman told the publication that he left Armenia in 1993 unable to find a job at home, but added that  he is now “badly missing the fatherland”.