YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1967


A monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was built on Tsitsernakaberd Hill.


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1887


In 1887, Nerses Tairyan started producing cognac in Yerevan.

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.