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YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
YEREVAN
YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
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.
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1918
On May 28, Yerevan was declared the capital city of the First Independent Republic of Armenia.
1936
The town name Erivan, which was its Russian name, was officially replaced with Yerevan.
