The demonstration flight of the "Blerio" plane was organized in the square, between the rampart and the Orthodox graveyard.
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1883
The Yerevan Hotel (now "Grand Hotel Yerevan") and the photo studio and workshop of famous photographer Leon from Tbilisi, opened on Astafyevskaya (nowadays Abovyan) Street.
1967
A monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was built on Tsitsernakaberd Hill.