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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1950
During the excavations of Arin Berd hill in 1950, the cuneiform inscription of King Argishti I of the Kingdom of Van was discovered, according to which Argishti I founded the fortress city of Erebuni in BC in the year 782.
1958
The construction of a complex of buildings in Lenin Square (architects Alexander Tamanyan, Rafo Israelyan) and the Matenadaran repository for ancient manuscripts (architect Mark Grigoryan) which rose above Lenin Avenue (present-day Mashtots) was completed.
