YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

1866


On April 10,1866, the second female school after St. Gayane was opened in Yerevan.


It was a theological seminary created with the aim of instillation of religious moral among teenagers.

On August 31, 1879, on the decision of the Synod, the seminary was re-arranged into a secondary school with three grades.

The school was located in a comfortable premise in the courtyard of St Poghos-Petros church.

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1936


The town name Erivan, which was its Russian name, was officially replaced with Yerevan.

1970


The Ani Hotel was opened. It is named after the medieval Armenian city of Ani, one of the historical capitals of the Armenian nation.