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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1967


A monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was built on Tsitsernakaberd Hill.

1880


Yerevan's first newspaper was "Psak" ("The Wreath"), which was first published on March 15, 1880.