YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1936


Moscow Cinema was built in the place of St. Poghos-Petros (Paul and Peter) Church.


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782 BC


In the southeastern part of the modern capital, King Argishti I founded the fortress town of Erebuni, the capital city of the Van Kingdom (Urartu), "to show the power of the country and to frighten enemies".

1887


In 1887, Nerses Tairyan started producing cognac in Yerevan.