YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1883


The Yerevan Hotel (now "Grand Hotel Yerevan") and the photo studio and workshop of famous photographer Leon from Tbilisi, opened on Astafyevskaya (nowadays Abovyan) Street.


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1887


In 1887, Nerses Tairyan started producing cognac in Yerevan.

1991


On September 21, Yerevan was proclaimed the capital city of independent Armenia.