YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
1907
The Shustov & Sons Company set in operation the first power plant on the Hrazdan River.
Electrical wiring was installed on the street where St. Sargis Church was located, at the Market Square and on Astafyevskaya Street.
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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.
1513-1735
During Ottoman-Persian Wars Yerevan “changed hands” 14 times. Western Armenia fell into the neighboring Ottoman hands, while Eastern Armenia stayed part of Safavid Iran.