YEREVAN CHRONOLOGY

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1957

Bronze monuments of Hovhannes Tumanyan and Alexander Spendiarov (sculptors Ara Sarkisyan and Ghukas Chubaryan) were erected on the Opera Square.

The statue of the great Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan in Yerevan

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1936

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

1933

The Opera and Ballet Theater launched with "Almast" opera, by Alexander Spendiarov.

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