YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
1879
The construction of Erivan's first town hall began, as did the construction of the city's first theatre.
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1958
The construction of a complex of buildings in Lenin Square (architects Alexander Tamanyan, Rafo Israelyan) and the Matenadaran repository for ancient manuscripts (architect Mark Grigoryan) which rose above Lenin Avenue (present-day Mashtots) was completed.
