On May 28, Yerevan was declared the capital city of the First Independent Republic of Armenia.
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2004
The new administrative building of Yerevan Municipality was commissioned (architect: J.Torosyan).
1883
The Yerevan Hotel (now "Grand Hotel Yerevan") and the photo studio and workshop of famous photographer Leon from Tbilisi, opened on Astafyevskaya (nowadays Abovyan) Street.