Timeline of Yerevan

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Yerevan, Armenia.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 782 BCE - Settlement founded by Argishti I of Urartu.[1]
• 590s CE - Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan built.
• 1582 - Turks in power.[2]
• 1583 - Yerevan Fortress built.[1]
• 1615 - Town besieged by Turkish forces.[2]
• 1679 - 4 June: 1679 Armenia earthquake
• 1830 - Red Bridge rebuilt.
• 1837 - Tsarskaya Street opens.^[citation needed]
• 1842 - Saint Sarkis Cathedral rebuilt.
• 1873 - Population: 11,938.[2]
• 1877 - Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory in operation.
• 1879 - Hovhannes Ghorghanyan becomes mayor.[3]
• 1897 - Population: 28,910.

20th century

• 1913 - Population: 34,000.[4]
• 1915 - Refugees from Armenian genocide begin to arrive in yerevan.[5]
• 1918 - 28 May: Yerevan becomes capital of the First Republic of Armenia.[5]
• 1920
  • 29 November: Bolsheviks in power.[6]
  • Yerevan becomes capital of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.[7]
  • Nairi Cinema opens.
• 1921 - Armenian State University established.[7]
• 1924 - Art school opens.[8]
• 1926 - Population: 64,613.[7]
• 1930 - Spartak Stadium built.
• 1931 - Saint Nikolai Cathedral demolished.
• 1933 - Opera Theater opens.
• 1934 - Golos Armenii Russian-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1936
  • City renamed "Yerevan."[7]
  • Moscow Cinema opens.[9]
  • Komitas Pantheon (cemetery) established.
• 1939 - Population: 200,031.[7]
• 1940
  • Yerevan Zoo opens.
  • Statue of Lenin erected in Lenin Square.

Yerevan in 1947

• 1949 - Pushkin Park designed.
• 1959 - Souren Spandaryan Square opens.
• 1965
  • 24 April: 1965 Yerevan demonstrations.
  • Population: 623,000.[10]
• 1967
  • Mother Armenia monument erected in Victory Park.
  • Armenian Genocide memorial erected on Tsitsernakaberd.
• 1970s - Yerevan Museum of Contemporary Art established.[8]
• 1970 - Hrazdan Stadium and Chess House open.
• 1977 - Yerevan TV Tower erected.
• 1979 - Population: 1,055,000.[11]
• 1980 - Yerevan Cascade built.
• 1981 - Yerevan Metro begins operating; Marshal Baghramyan (metro station) opens.
• 1982 - House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian opens.
• 1983 - Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex opens.
• 1985 - Population: 1,133,000 (estimate).[12]
• 1987 - Garegin Nzhdeh Square (metro station) opens.
• 1988
  • 18–26 February: Major demonstration held in Yerevan demanding the unification of Karabakh with Armenia.
  • 22 March: Demonstration.
  • 26 March: Demonstration.
  • 7 December: Influx of refugees following the 1988 Armenian earthquake.[13]
• 1991
  • 21 September: Armenian independence referendum, 1991 held.
  • Azg and Yerkir newspapers in publication.[14]
• 1992
  • 20 January: Football Club Pyunik formed.
  • Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art active.
• 1993 - Yerevan Stock Exchange established.[14]
• 1994 - Food demonstration.[15]
• 1996 - September: Protest following Armenian presidential election, 1996.[15]

21st century

Modern view to Yerevan

• 2001 - Hovik Hayrapetyan Equestrian Centre opens.
• 2003
  • Yervand Zakharyan becomes mayor.[3]
  • Armenian International Policy Research Group headquartered in city.[16]
• 2004
  • Yerevan International Film Festival begins.
  • Yerevan City Hall built.
• 2007 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[17]
• 2008 - February–March: 2008 Armenian presidential election protests.[15]
• 2009 - Cafesjian Museum of Art opens.
• 2011
  • Yerevan Velodrome and Mordechai Navi Synagogue open.
  • Taron Margaryan becomes mayor.
  • Population: 1,060,138.
• 2012 - City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
• 2014 - Yerevan Mall in business.
• 2018 - April: 2018 Armenian protests.[18]
• 2022 - 11 October: Khachkar commemorating Armenian-Polish friendship and Pope John Paul II unveiled.[19]

See also

• Yerevan history
• History of Yerevan
• List of mayors of Yerevan
• Other names of Yerevan (e.g. Erivan, Eriwan, Iravan, Irwan, Jerewan)
• Timeline of Armenian history
• Timeline of modern Armenian history

References

1. Adalian, Rouben Paul (2010). Historical dictionary of Armenia. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3. OCLC 647927779.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. "Former mayors of Yerevan". Yerevan Municipality Official Website. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
4. "Russia: Principal Towns: Caucasia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
5. Rouben Paul Adalian (2010). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Armenia (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3.
6. Thomas de Waal (2010). "Chronology". The Caucasus: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974620-0.
7. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Erivan", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 584, OL 6112221M
8. "Anatolia and the Caucasus, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
9. "Movie Theaters in Yerevan, Armenia". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
10. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
11. Henry W. Morton; Robert C. Stuart, eds. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
12. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289. Yerevan
13. Brian E. Tucker; et al., eds. (1994). Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk. Kluwer. ISBN 978-0-7923-2914-5.
14. "Armenia". Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa Publications. 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-137-7.
15. "Armenia Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
16. "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
17. "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
18. "Armenian PM resigns after days of protests", BBC News, 23 April 2018
19. ""Polski" chaczkar w Erywaniu". Awedis (in Polish). No. 53. 2022. p. 2.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Erivan", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068382319 – via Hathi Trust
• Robert Ker Porter (1821), "(Erivan)", Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 5524754
• William Ouseley (1823), "(Iravan)", Travels in various countries of the East; more particularly Persia, London: Rodwell and Martin, OCLC 4198311
• Evliya Çelebi (1834). "Description of the Town of Erivan (Revan)". Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century. Vol. 2. Translated by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. London: Oriental Translation Fund. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t40s01w59.
• Douglas W. Freshfield (1869). "(Erivan)". Travels in the Central Caucasus and Bashan. London: Longmans, Green, & Co. hdl:2027/njp.32101054380249.
• J. Buchan Telfer (1876). "(Erivan)". The Crimea and Transcaucasia. London: H.S. King & Company.
• George Ripley; Charles A. Dana, eds. (1879). "Erivan". American Cyclopedia (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton and Company. hdl:2027/hvd.hn585u.
• "Erivan". Hand-book for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland (4th ed.). London: John Murray. 1888.
• Charles Wilson, ed. (1895), "Erivan", Handbook for Travellers in Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Persia, etc., London: John Murray, ISBN 9780524062142, OCLC 8979039

Published in 20th century

• "Erivan", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7br92q5g – via Hathi Trust
• H. F. B. Lynch (1901). "At Erivan". Armenia: Travels and Studies. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. hdl:2027/mdp.39015030723228.
• A.V. Williams Jackson (1906), "(Erivan)", Persia Past and Present: a Book of Travel and Research, New York: Macmillan
• "Erivan (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 748.
• William Eleroy Curtis (1911). "(Erivan)". Around the Black Sea. New York: Hodder & Stoughton. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t3222tf2d.
• "Erivan", Russia, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
• William Henry Beable (1919), "Erivan", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook

Published in 21st century

• Rouben Paul Adalian (2010). "Yerevan". Historical Dictionary of Armenia (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3.
• Levon Abrahamian (2011). "Yerevan Sacra". In Tsypylma Darieva; et al. (eds.). Urban Spaces After Socialism: Ethnographies of Public Places in Eurasian Cities. Frankfurt: Campus-Verlag [de]. ISBN 978-3-593-39384-1.

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Yerevan, various dates