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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1860

Erivan was divided into 7 districts: Kond, Shagar, Damirbulag (Shorbulag, Shorakhbyur), Dzoragyugh, Nortax, Malakani-tagh and Nork.

1941

The Yerevan Zoo was established in the city.

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