YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

2021

Yerevan Municipality has launched a trilingual tourism platform: visityerevan.am - website and mobile applications (iOS & Android).

Through the Visit Yerevan platform, tourists will find information about the history of Yerevan, sights and entertainment, cuisine and drinks, events, other useful information and maps of the city.

Download the free application following the links: IOS & ANDROID.

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1826-1828

During the 2nd Russian-Persian war of 1826-1828, in October 1827, General Paskevich captured the Erivan fortress. On February 10, 1828 an agreement was signed in the Iranian village of Turkmenchay, according to which Persia ceded the Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates to Russia Empire.

1933

The first tram began operating in Yerevan.