YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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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.


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1874


Yerevan's first publishing house opened. It belonged to Zahariya Gevorkyan.

1971


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