YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

Card image cap

1957


Bronze monuments of Hovhannes Tumanyan and Alexander Spendiarov (sculptors Ara Sarkisyan and Ghukas Chubaryan) were erected on the Opera Square.


OTHER

1971


Yerevan Museum of Modern Art opened on Lenin Avenue (now Mastots avenue).

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.