The opening of the David of Sassoun statue (sculptor Yervand Kochar) took place in the square near the railway station.
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1513-1735
During Ottoman-Persian Wars Yerevan “changed hands” 14 times. Western Armenia fell into the neighboring Ottoman hands, while Eastern Armenia stayed part of Safavid Iran.
1874
Yerevan's first publishing house opened. It belonged to Zahariya Gevorkyan.
