72 Facts About Yerevan Armenia

The city expanded rapidly during the 20th century while Yerevan Armenia was a part of the Soviet Union.

Yerevan Opera Theatre is the main spectacle hall of the Armenian capital, the National Gallery of Armenia is the largest art museum in Armenia and shares a building with the History Museum of Armenia, and the Matenadaran repository contains one of the largest depositories of ancient books and manuscripts in the world.

Principal symbol of Yerevan Armenia is Mount Ararat, which is visible from any area in the capital.

On 27 September 2004, Yerevan Armenia adopted an anthem, "Erebuni-Yerevan Armenia", using lyrics written by Paruyr Sevak and set to music composed by Edgar Hovhannisyan.

Territory of Yerevan Armenia has been inhabited since approximately the 2nd half of the 4th millennium BCE.

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Archaeological evidence, such as a cuneiform inscription, indicates that the Urartian military fortress of Erebuni was founded in 782 BCE by the orders of King Argishti I at the site of modern-day Yerevan Armenia, to serve as a fort and citadel guarding against attacks from the north Caucasus.

The Satrapy of Armenia was divided into two parts: the northern part and the southern part, with the cities of Erebuni and Tushpa as their centres, respectively.

Yerevan Armenia became a Christian nation in the early 4th century, during the reign of the Arsacid king Tiridates III.

Province of Persian Yerevan Armenia lasted until 646, when the province was dissolved with the Muslim conquest of Persia.

However, Yerevan Armenia did not have any strategic role during the reign of the Bagratids, who developed many other cities of Ayrarat, such as Shirakavan, Dvin, and Ani.

In 1410, Yerevan Armenia fell under the control of the Kara Koyunlu Shia Oghuz Turkic tribe.

At that period, Yerevan Armenia was a small town with narrow roads and alleys, including the central quarter of Shahar, the Ghantar commercial centre, and the residential neighbourhoods of Kond, Dzoragyugh, Nork and Shentagh.

However, the first major plan of Yerevan Armenia was adopted in 1856, during which, Saint Hripsime and Saint Gayane women's colleges were founded and the English Park was opened.

In 1874, Zacharia Gevorkian opened Yerevan Armenia's first printing house, while the first theatre opened its doors in 1879.

On 1 October 1879, Yerevan Armenia was granted the status of a city through a decree issued by Alexander II of Russia.

In general, Yerevan Armenia rapidly grew under Russian rule, both economically and politically.

Yerevan Armenia served as the centre of the governorate until 1917, when Erivan governorate was dissolved with the collapse of the Russian Empire.

Subsequently, Yerevan became the capital and the center of the newly founded Republic of Armenia, although the members of the Armenian National Council were yet to stay in Tiflis until their arrival in Yerevan to form the government in the summer of the same year.

Yerevan Armenia had opened representatives in Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Serbia, Greece, Iran and Japan.

However, after the short period of independence, Yerevan fell to the Bolsheviks, and Armenia was incorporated into Soviet Russia on 2 December 1920.

Under the Soviet rule, Yerevan Armenia became the first among the cities in the Soviet Union for which a general plan was developed.

The "General Plan of Yerevan Armenia" developed by the academician Alexander Tamanian, was approved in 1924.

Yerevan Armenia's design presented a radial-circular arrangement that overlaid the existing city and incorporated much of its existing street plan.

Many of the districts around central Yerevan were named after former Armenian communities that were destroyed by the Ottoman Turks during the Armenian genocide.

In 1965, during the commemorations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Yerevan was the location of a demonstration, the first such demonstration in the Soviet Union, to demand recognition of the Genocide by the Soviet authorities.

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Since 2000, central Yerevan Armenia has been transformed into a vast construction site, with cranes erected all over the Kentron district.

Yerevan Armenia is located on the banks of the Hrazdan River, northeast of the Ararat Plain, in the central-western part of the country.

Yerevan Armenia is a densely built city but still offers several public parks throughout its districts, graced with mid-sized green gardens.

Yerevan Armenia Lake is an artificial reservoir opened in 1967 on Hrazdan riverbed at the south of the city centre, with a surface of 0.

Each administrative district of Yerevan Armenia has its own public park, such as the Buenos Aires Park and Tumanyan Park in Ajapnyak, Komitas Park in Shengavit, Vahan Zatikian Park in Malatia-Sebastia, David Anhaght Park in Kanaker-Zeytun, the Family Park in Avan, and Fridtjof Nansen Park in Nor Nork.

In 1991 with the independence of Armenia, Yerevan continued with its status as the political and cultural centre of the country, being home to all the national institutions: the Government House, the National Assembly, the Presidential Palace, the Central Bank, the Constitutional Court, all ministries, judicial bodies and other government organizations.

Yerevan Armenia received the status of a city on 1 October 1879, upon a decree issued by Tsar Alexander II of Russia.

Yerevan Armenia is divided into twelve "administrative districts" each with an elected leader.

Originally a small town, Yerevan became the capital of Armenia and a large city with over one million inhabitants.

Until the fall of the Soviet Union, the majority of the population of Yerevan were Armenians with minorities of Russians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis and Iranians present as well.

The 18th-century Blue Mosque of Yerevan was restored and reopened in the 1990s, with Iranian funding, and is currently the only active mosque in Armenia, mainly serving Iranian Shia visitors.

Yerevan Armenia is a major healthcare and medical service centre in the region.

Yerevan Armenia is home to a large number of museums, art galleries and libraries.

Cafesjian Museum of Art within the Yerevan Armenia Cascade is an art centre opened on 7 November 2009.

Charents Museum of Literature and Arts opened in 1921, Modern Art Museum of Yerevan Armenia opened in 1972, and the Middle East Art Museum opened in 1993, are among the notable art museums of the city.

On 6 June 2010, Yerevan Armenia was named as the 2012 World Book Capital by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization .

Folk and classical music of Yerevan Armenia was taught in state-sponsored conservatoires during the Soviet days.

The state-run Tagharan Ensemble of Yerevan founded in 1981 and currently directed by Sedrak Yerkanian, performs ritual and ancient Armenian music.

Yerevan Armenia is home to many theatre groups, mainly operating under the support of the ministry of culture.

Yerevan Armenia is home to many movie theatres including the Moscow Cinema, Nairi Cinema, Hayastan Cinema, Cinema Star multiplex cinemas of the Dalma Garden Mall, and the KinoPark multiplex cinemas of Yerevan Armenia Mall.

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The Swan Lake of the Yerevan Armenia Opera is the most popular venue for the Vardavar celebrations.

Yerevan Armenia launched its first annual wine festivals known as the Yerevan Armenia Wine Days in May 2016.

Many of the structures of Yerevan Armenia had been destroyed either during foreign invasions or as a result of the devastating earthquake in 1679.

Erebuni Fortress, known as Arin Berd, is the hill where the city of Yerevan was founded in 782 BCE by King Argishti I The remains of other structures from earlier periods are found in Shengavit.

Originally a suburb at the north of Yerevan Armenia, Avan was eventually absorbed by the city's gradual expansion.

Katoghike Church; a medieval chapel in the centre of Yerevan Armenia, built in 1264, is one of the best preserved churches of the city.

Yerevan Armenia is served by the Zvartnots International Airport, located 12 kilometres west of the city center.

Public transport in Yerevan Armenia is heavily privatized and mostly handled by around 60 private operators.

Yerevan Armenia has a single central railway station that is connected to the metro via the Sasuntsi Davit station.

Yerevan Armenia is among the top 10 safest countries where one can wander around and go home alone safely at night.

The industry of Yerevan Armenia is quite diversified including chemicals, primary metals and steel products, machinery, rubber products, plastics, rugs and carpets, textiles, clothing and footwear, jewellery, wood products and furniture, building materials and stone-processing, alcoholic beverages, mineral water, dairy product and processed food.

Location of Yerevan Armenia itself, is an inspiring factor for the foreigners to visit the city in order to enjoy the view of the biblical mount of Ararat, as the city lies on the feet of the mountain forming the shape of a Roman amphitheatre.

International study conducted by Mercer and published in 2019 identified Yerevan Armenia to offer higher quality of living, than other capital cities of Transcaucasia.

Yerevan Armenia is home to about 50 universities, nearly half of which are public.

Under the Soviet rule, Yerevan Armenia has turned into a major centre for science and research.

Half stayed briefly and then moved on while the rest reestablished themselves using internet connections that kept Yerevan Armenia connected to the world while Russia was increasingly cut off.

Football Academy of Yerevan operated by the Football Federation of Armenia is an up-to-date training academy complex, opened in 2010.

Yerevan Armenia has always excelled in chess with its players being very often among the highest ranked and decorated.

The headquarters of the Chess Federation of Armenia is located in the Tigran Petrosian Chess House of Yerevan.

The Yerevan Armenia-born leader of the chess national team; Levon Aronian, is one of the top chess players in the world.

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Yerevan Armenia is represented by 4 clubs: Engineer Yerevan Armenia, FIMA Basketball, BC Grand Sport and BC Urartu.

Yerevan Armenia has produced many Olympic champions in artistic gymnastics during the Soviet days, such as Hrant Shahinyan, Albert Azaryan and Eduard Azaryan.

Yerevan Armenia has many state-owned schools of artistic gymnastics, including the Albert Azaryan School opened in 1964 and the Hrant Shahinyan School opened in 1965.

Yerevan Armenia Sports Union is a sports society mainly involved in individual Olympic sports, including boxing, weightlifting, athletics, wrestling, taekwondo, table tennis, etc.

In September 2015, the new Olympic Training Complex of Yerevan Armenia, locally known as Olympavan, was opened in Davtashen District.

The Yerevan Armenia Velodrome is an outdoor track cycling venue with international standard, opened in 2011 to replace the old venue of the Soviet days.

Edgar Stepanyan of Yerevan Armenia became champion of the scratch race in the 2015 junior UEC European Track Championships.