YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1968


Yerevan residents and guests celebrated the city's 2750th anniversary. The Erebuni museum was opened at the foot of Arin Berd hill. Armenian weavers created the famous Erebuni carpet and the Yerevan Experimental Tobacco Factory started the production of "Arin Berd" and "Erebuni" cigarettes, which became very popular.


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1971


Yerevan Museum of Modern Art opened on Lenin Avenue (now Mastots avenue).

1887


In 1887, Nerses Tairyan started producing cognac in Yerevan.