YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY
1826-1828
During the 2nd Russian-Persian war of 1826-1828, in October 1827, General Paskevich captured the Erivan fortress. On February 10, 1828 an agreement was signed in the Iranian village of Turkmenchay, according to which Persia ceded the Erivan and Nakhichevan khanates to Russia Empire.
Erivan became the administrative center of the Armenian Province.
Persia also pledged to pay 20 million rubles in silver indemnity. For this, by the personal Imperial decree, General of Infantry Ivan Paskevich was elevated, with his descendants, to the dignity of the Count of the Russian Empire, named Count Paskevich-Erivansky, and received from the contribution a million rubles in bank notes.
Infantry General I. Paskevich and Prince Abbas-Mirza at the signing of a peace treaty in Turkmanchay.
Portrait of Ivan Fedorovich Paskevich by George Dawe. Military gallery of the Winter Palace.
Russian-Persian war. 1826-1828
Russian-Persian war. 1826-1828
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7TH CENTURY BC
Karmir Blur was the capital of the Transcaucasian provinces of the ancient kingdom of Urartu. The whole area was under development. Irrigation canals were dug, artificial storage ponds were created, and Teyshebayini fortress on Karmir Blur (Red Hill) was founded.
2011
On August 14, the solemn opening of first "TUMO" Center for Creative Technologies took place in Yerevan.
