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unusual facts about Presidential Palace, Yerevan


Baghramyan Avenue

The Presidential Palace of the Republic of Armenia (commonly known as Baghramyan 26).


2011 Armenian protests

They also protested against Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan for banning the opposition from Freedom Square and barring vendors and traders from the city streets.

AEGEE-Yerevan

Participants were presented with the methods of preparation of CV and rules of applying for a job.

Agarak, Syunik

It was a railway station on the demolished and non-functioning branch Yerevan-Nakhichevan-Horadiz.

Alishan Bairamian

In 1969, he successfully defended his dissertation, written on the Sanjak of Alexandretta, in the Armenian language, in Yerevan, and was thus awarded a doctorate.

Anahit Nersesyan

Anahit Nersesyan (In Armenian: Անահիտ Ներսիսյան, по-русски: Анаит Нерсесян), a famous Armenian pianist was born in 1954 in Yerevan.

Araksia Gyulzadyan

She finished the primary school in her native town and moved to Yerevan in 1926, where Romanos Melikian became one of her teachers.

Armavia Flight 967

Armavia Flight 967 was a flight operated by Armavia, the largest international airline of Armenia on May 3, 2006, from Yerevan in Armenia to Sochi, a Black Sea coastal resort city in Russia.

Armenian illuminated manuscripts

The Library at Yerevan, has the largest collection of Armenian manuscripts, including the Mugni Gospels and Echmiadzin Gospel.

Armenian National Academy of Sciences

The Academy of Sciences central location is in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, although other branches exist in Gyumri, Sevan, Goris, Vanadzor and Ghapan.

Armenian Railways

Prior to the feasibility study being completed, the Southern Armenia Railway was anticipated to be a 316km railway linking Gavar, 50km east of Yerevan near Lake Sevan, with the Iranian border near Meghri.

A separate tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed in Yerevan by Rasia FZE, Russian Railways (RZD) subsidiary South Caucasus Railway, and the government of the Republic of Armenia concerning technical cooperation, investment, and the future operation of the Southern Armenia Railway.

Armenian rock

Yet, by the early 1970s, there were a range of popular bands in the capital city of Yerevan strong enough to compete with their Soviet counterparts - Arthur Meschian's "Arakyalner", "1+2", "Kaleidoscope" and "Bliki".

Artur Aghasyan

Artur Aghasyan (Armenian:Արթուր Աղասյան, born 24 June 1987 in Yerevan) is an Armenian footballer currently playing for Ventura County Fusion in the USL Premier Development League.

Belavia

On 14 February 2008, Belavia Flight 1834, a Bombardier CRJ-100ER en route from Yerevan, Armenia, to Minsk hit its left wing on the runway during takeoff from Zvartnots International Airport, subsequently crashing on the ground, flipping over and coming to a stop inverted near the runway.

Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591

Khosrau not only returned Dara and Martyropolis in exchange for Maurice's assistance, but also agreed to a new partition of the Caucasus by which the Sassanids handed over to the Byzantines many cities, including Tigranokert, Manzikert, Baguana, Valarsakert, Bagaran, Vardkesavan, Yerevan, Ani, Kars, and Zarisat.

Dastakert

It is located at a distance of 236 km south of the capital Yerevan and 127 km north-west of the regional centre Kapan.

Davtashen district

The district is connected with the rest of Yerevan city through the Davtashen Bridge.

Erebuni Fortress

Van as a root is also present in numerous other placenames in historical Armenia, including the city Van, Lake Sevan, and Nakhichevan, so it is probable that the van in Yerevan is another direct translation of the root.

FC Ararat Yerevan

In 1974-75, after their title in the Soviet league, Ararat played in the European Cup, reaching the quarterfinals, losing to defending and future champion Bayern Munich with a 2-1 aggregate (0-2 in Munich and 1-0 in Yerevan).

Flag of Poland

The flag is flown continuously on the buildings of the highest national authorities, such as the parliament and the presidential palace.

Georges Henri Issa

On International scale, Georges supplied KOHAR Symphony Orchestra and Choir 2011 for their concert with "Stars of Armenia" at Liberty Square near the Opera House in the heart of Yerevan in a grandiose magnificent production.

Giro Manoyan

Since 2000, he is the Director of the International Secretariat of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau in Yerevan.

Gurgen Dalibaltayan

Dalibaltayan held various commanding positions in Echmiadzin, Yerevan, Perekeshkul, Prishib, Kirovabad, Abakan and Rostov-on-Don during his service in the Soviet Armed Forces.

Hayk Kotanjian

Since 2005, he has headed the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) in Yerevan.

Kajaran

It is located 356 km away from Yerevan, 25 km away from Kapan, the regional center, and 50 km from the border of Armenia and Iran.

Konstantine Hovhannisyan

In 1950, he was appointed the director of an excavation team that dug up the ancient Urartian fortress of Erebuni, located to the southeast of modern-day Yerevan.

Kulp

Kulp is a town in Armenia, in the government of Yerevan, 60 miles west-south-west from the town of Erivan and 2 miles south of the Aras River.

Makar Yekmalyan

Nikoghos Tahmizian, Makar Yekmalian - Life and Work (in Armenian), 1981, Sovetakan Grogh Publishing, Yerevan, Armenia.

Mashtots Park Movement

Mashtots Park Movement.jpg"?title=Yerevan">Yerevan, Armenia on 20 February 2012.

Misak Torlakian

After the Russian withdrawal from the Turkish front in 1918, which allowed the Turks to advance unimpeded towards Yerevan, Torlakian joined Armenian army forces and participated with distinction in the battle of Bash Abaran, under the leadership of General Dro.

Momik

Of the manuscripts authored by Momik, only several survive: one is found at the repository of the Mkhitarist Order in Vienna and three others are found at the Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia.

Murad Kostanyan

Murad Kostani Kostanyan (August 25, 1902, Havtvan, Salmas, Persia - January 3, 1989, Yerevan) was an Armenian actor, People's Artist of Armenia (1956).

Nork-Marash district

The name of the district is derived from the Nork neighbourhood of Yerevan and the ancient major Armenian settlement of Marash in modern-day Turkish Republic.

Noyemberyan

It is located on the Koghb river, 187 km from Yerevan and in 22 km from railway station of the town of Ayrum, on the Yerevan-Tbilisi route.

Pan-Armenian Games

During the founding meeting on April 30, 1997 in Yerevan, World Committee of Pan-Armenian Games (WCPAG) was created, with the help of traditional Armenian unions of the Diaspora and the Iranian-Armenian cultural-sport organization "Ararat".

President of Armenia

The official residence of the President of Armenia is located at at 26 Baghramyan Avenue in central Yerevan.

Presidential Palace, Helsinki

A number of US Presidents have visited the palace, including Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.

Foreign guests can be housed at Mäntyniemi, the Königstedt Manor in Vantaa, or the Finnish State Guesthouse next to the Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa Hotel in Munkkiniemi.

Qualimetry

That this initiative was timely and justifiable was borne out by a series of international scholarly conferences fully or partly devoted to issues of qualimetry, e.g., in Moscow, Oslo, Varna, Yerevan, Madrid or Tallinn.

Romanian humour

Radio Yerevan: just like in the most countries of the former Eastern bloc, Radio Yerevan jokes were popular during the communist times.

Serge Avedikian

In 1947, influenced by Joseph Stalin's and Maurice Thorez's propaganda, they left to rejoin the motherland, where Avedikian attended the French school of Yerevan.

Shoghakat TV

Shoghakat TV company was founded in 1998 in Yerevan, Armenia, on the initiative of Catholicos Karekin II (at that time Archbishop Karekin Nersessian, Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church).

Sophene

After unifying the region with his kingdom in the early 8th century BC, king Argishtis I of Urartu resettled many of its inhabitants in his newly built city of Erebuni (modern day Armenian capital Yerevan).

United States resolution on Armenian Genocide

"The Armenian Genocide resolution is a proper test for American democracy. It will uncover priorities of the United States – good relations with Turkey or historical truth", Russian State Duma member, Konstantin Zatulin told a news conference in Yerevan on 21 October 2007.

Vahan Minakhoryan

In 1919 he openly rejected the Armenian Revolutionary Federation decision to use regular army units for subduing Muslim revolts in Yerevan province of Armenia in 1919.

Water privatization in Armenia

The first management contract for water supply in Armenia, covering the capital Yerevan, was signed in 1999 with financial support from the World Bank.

Zvartnots Airport clash

The Zvartnots Airport clash occurred on July 5, 1988 between Armenian protesters and the Soviet troops at the Zvartnots International Airport at the outskirts of Yerevan.

Zvartnots, Armenia

Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan's international airport, is located near the town Zvartnots, as is the Zvartnots Cathedral.


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