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55 unusual facts about Yerevan


1951 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

Stalin Prize winner of 1951 in the area of Fine Arts were painter Boris Ioganson, Vasily Sokolov (for painting «Appearance of Lenin on III convention of Komsomol», Tretyakov gallery), sculptor Sergei Merkurov (for monument to Joseph Stalin in Yerevan), Kukryniksy, painter Dmitriy Nalbandyan (for painting «The Great Frendship»), sculptor Vera Mukhina (for sculpture «We demand Peace»).

1981 Armenia mid-air collision

The crew of the CL-44 attempted to get away from the area, and the Soviet pilot directed his aircraft into the tail of the escaping aircraft, causing both aircraft to crash near Yerevan in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.

AEGEE-Yerevan

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

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.

Alla Levonyan

In 1993, at the age of 17, she entered one of her original songs called, "Ogaragan," which won first place in a monthly music contest run by Ardzagang studio in Yerevan.

Aragatsotn Province

Aragatsotn also shares a small border with Yerevan in its southwest between its borders with Kotayk and Armavir.

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 constitutional referendum, 2005

Opinions polls for Yerevan in July and September showed that there would only be a low turnout, with the September poll showing only 13% would definitely vote.

Armenian illuminated manuscripts

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

Armenian Railways

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.

According to the World Bank, Armenian Railways was in dramatic need of major investment, including the replacement of rolling stock, rehabilitation of the main line between Yerevan and the Georgian border, renewal of electrification, and bridge reconstruction.

Armenians in Israel

Instead, Ambassador Ehud Moshe Eytam, the Israeli ambassador to Armenia is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, and visits Yerevan twice a month, while the Armenian ambassador to Israel stays in France.

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.

Artur Akopyan

Artur (Arthur) Akopyan (born September 28, 1961 in Yerevan, Armenia) is a gymnastics coach for the USA Gymnastics National Team and a former gymnast on the USSR Olympic Gymnastics Team.

Atlantis European Airways

Atlantis European Airways operates flights between Yerevan and Europe.

Baghramyan Avenue

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

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.

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.

Dinamo Yerevan

Dinamo Yerevan is a sports association from Yerevan, Armenia.

Fabiana de Barros

In 2003, one Fiteiro Cultural was built in a schoolyard in Yerevan, Armenia.

Femke Verschueren

Femke went to represent Belgium at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Yerevan, Armenia with the song "Een Kusje Meer" (One more kiss), placing 7th with a score of 64 points, receiving 12 points from the Netherlands.

Gavril Myasnikov

In 1927, his sentence was changed to internal exile in Yerevan, Armenia.

Georg Schöllhammer

He gave lectures and held seminars at various universities and colleges around the world and he was curator for the international cooperative project “translocatione new media art”; he also co-curated the festival “du bist die welt” of the annual Vienna Festival in 2001, as well as exhibitions in Yerevan, Bucharest and Sofia.

Giro Manoyan

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

Gitavan

It is located a couple of kilometers outside the town of Ashtarak in Aragatsotn province of Armenia and is 20 kilometers far from the capital Yerevan.

Grikor Suni

Originating from a line of musicians, he studied music from 1891 to 1895 at the Gevorgian Academy in Echmiadzin, near Yerevan, with Soghomon Soghomonian (later known as Komitas Vardapet), with whom he became friends and a long-time collaborator.

Hayk Demoyan

Hayk Demoyan is the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan, Armenia, a post he has held since 2006.

Hayk Kotanjian

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

History of lions in Europe

From there, the boundary of its range narrowly turned east to Yerevan, with its northern boundary then extending westward to Turkey.

Hozan Canê

Since childhood she was following music programs broadcast by the Kurdish radio of Yerevan and she came under the influence of renowned singers such as Ayşe Şan and Meryem Xan.

Johann Mattheson

All of his music, except for one opera, one oratorio, and a few collections of instrumental music, went missing with the spoils of war after World War II, but was given back to Hamburg by Yerevan, in Armenia, in 1998.

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.

Kotayk Province

In the southwest, between its borders with Ararat and Aragatsotn, Kotayk also shares a border with Yerevan.

Latvia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

After initially withdrawing from the 2011 contest LTV reversed their decision in September 2011 and will now send an entry to the 2011 Contest in Yerevan, Armenia.

Lukashin

:For the town in Yerevan region, see Lukashin, Yerevan.

Mashtots Park Movement

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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.

Mkrtich Armen

Mkrtich Armen (born Mekertitch Harutyunyan) (27 December 1906, Gyumri - 22 December 1972, Yerevan) was an Armenian writer.

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.

Narine Dovlatyan

Dovlatyan was born in Malishka, Armenia and moved to Yerevan at the age of nine in order to receive a musical education.

North–South Transport Corridor

On 24 January 2013, during an announcement and press conference, the previously signed concession agreement was announced and 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.

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".

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.

Ruben Sargsyan

Ruben Sargsyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia, in the family of scientist agronome Suren Sargsyan.

San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

San Marino had previously tried to take part in the contest back in 2011, in the Armenian capital Yerevan, however the national broadcaster pulled out before the contest as they had not found a representative in time.

Vesiolie Rebiata

That same year, they won the top prize at the All-Soviet pop and rock music festival held in Yerevan.

Vladimir Yengibaryan

The memorial ceremony for Yengibaryan took place at the Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Yerevan.

The funeral ceremony will take place on February 15 at the Saint John the Baptist Church.

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.

Yeritasardakan

It is one of the original metro stations in the city of Yerevan and was opened to the public on 8 March, 1981.

Zheleznovodsk Communiqué

With consent from the authorities in Azerbaijan and Armenia, Boris Yeltsin and Nursultan Nazarbayev led a mediating mission on September 20–23 visiting Baku, Ganja, Stepanakert (Khankendi) and Yerevan.

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.


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.

Agarak, Syunik

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

Anahit Nersesyan

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

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.

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".

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.

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).

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.

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.

Institute for Physical Research

It is situated near the town of Ashtarak in Aragatsotn province of Armenia, 20 km northwest of capital Yerevan and includes a small scientific settlement called Gitavan, inhabited by the part of its staff and by the scientists of the nearby Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics (IRPhE).

Karp Khachvankyan

Karp (Karapet) Mkrtchi Khachvankyan (January 23, 1923, Akhaltskha - November 23, 1998, Yerevan) was an Armenian actor and director, People's Artist of Armenia (1967).

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.

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.

President of Armenia

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

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.