YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1959

The opening of the David of Sassoun statue (sculptor Yervand Kochar) took place in the square near the railway station.

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1991

Vladimir Lenin's monument was dismantled, prior to the independence of Armenia. The statue was erected in 1940.

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1941

The Yerevan Zoo was established in the city.

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