YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

11TH CENTURY AD

City became an important trading center, directly connected to Ani, Armenia's capital city at the time. Prince Apirat ordered the construction of the Mamri irrigation channel (1031).

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1991

On September 21, Yerevan was proclaimed the capital city of independent Armenia.

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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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