YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

1874

Yerevan's first publishing house opened. It belonged to Zahariya Gevorkyan.

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7TH CENTURY BC

Karmir Blur was the capital of the Transcaucasian provinces of the ancient kingdom of Urartu. The whole area was under development. Irrigation canals were dug, artificial storage ponds were created, and Teyshebayini fortress on Karmir Blur (Red Hill) was founded.

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1866

Stage coaches, multi-seat carriages pulled by horses and carrying both passengers and mail, began to regularly shuttle from Erivan to Tbilisi and Kutaisi.