History of city Yerevan, Armenia in photos

A small historical reference

Geography: Yerevan - the capital of Armenia and one of the oldest cities in the world, located in the central part of the country, near the border with Turkey, on the banks of the river Hrazdan in the Ararat valley. Date of foundation and the first written mention - 782 BC. Earlier names - Erebuni Erevan (until 1936). According to the Chronicle, Urartian king Argishti I founded the city of Erebuni in the fifth year of his reign.

Lost attractions - the oldest church in Yerevan, Peter and Paul (V c.); Tapabashinskaya Mosque, Mosque Zal-Khan (Shagarskaya) Sartib mosque, mosque Haji Husein Ali Khan (Blue Mosque, 1766), the mosque Haji-Novruz Ali Bek, mosque fortress, mosque Demirbulagskaya and mosque Haji Jafar.

Date of foundation: 782 BC

History:

Population: 1 075 800

Sights:

Astafyan (later Alexandrovskaya) street

Central covered Market Hall

Church of St Peter and Paul, in its place is a cinema 'Moscow'

House of Youth

Yerevan in 1796, engraving

Panorama of the city, circa 1940

Grand Hotel (left) on Astafyan Street

So the city looked like in 1827, when he was is taken by the Russian army	Imperial Street, State Bank	Old bridge over the river Razdan, 1916	Bridge over the river Zanga
General view of the city, river Zanga and mountain Alagez	Hotel 'London' on the street Astafian, 1899	Monument to IV Stalin	Russian-Muslim school for girls, 1902

Sardar Palace near Erivan, end of the XIX century	Inside Sardar Palace, end of the XIX century	Old station 'Pioneerskaya', Children's Railway, 1947	Old Market, 1914
State University, formerly Pedagogical Seminary	Opera and ballet theater of a name of A.S. Spendiarov	View of city buildings	View of city buildings and square

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