YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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2011


On September 20, the solemn opening ceremony of the new scientific complex of the Matenadaran was held.


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1950


During the excavations of Arin Berd hill in 1950, the cuneiform inscription of King Argishti I of the Kingdom of Van was discovered, according to which Argishti I founded the fortress city of Erebuni in BC in the year 782.

1936


The town name Erivan, which was its Russian name, was officially replaced with Yerevan.