YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1957

Bronze monuments of Hovhannes Tumanyan and Alexander Spendiarov (sculptors Ara Sarkisyan and Ghukas Chubaryan) were erected on the Opera Square.

The statue of the great Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan in Yerevan

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1877

Erivan officially received the status of a town and the construction of Tairov's Wine and Brandy Factory began in the place of the Yerevan Fortress.

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2009

On November 7, the "Cafesjian" Centre for the Arts was opened.

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