YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

1866


On April 10,1866, the second female school after St. Gayane was opened in Yerevan.


It was a theological seminary created with the aim of instillation of religious moral among teenagers.

On August 31, 1879, on the decision of the Synod, the seminary was re-arranged into a secondary school with three grades.

The school was located in a comfortable premise in the courtyard of St Poghos-Petros church.

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1857


The first pharmacy was opened, which belonged to the Shakhnazarov. Construction began on a fountain in the town park.

1959


The opening of the David of Sassoun statue (sculptor Yervand Kochar) took place in the square near the railway station.