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Cave of Yerevan Yerevan is 6000 years old (Viewpoint-suggestion concerning the age of Yerevan) Capitals of Armenia Yerevan of the beginning of the 20th century in photographs Holidays in old Yerevan Musical life of old Yerevan Circus art in old Yerevan Press of old Yerevan Women’s education in Yerevan in XIX century Health care in old Yerevan Horse-drawn tram of Yerevan Leather manufacture in old Yerevan Crafts in old Yerevan Trades people of old Yerevan

With the purpose of providing most detailed information of historical, scientific and educational nature about our capital the editorial board of the website www.yerevan.am presents to its readers in the section "Old Yerevan" a series of publications developed based on materials provided by the Museum of History of Yerevan, as well as published in 2004-2009 in issues of the newspaper "Yerevan: 7 Days" of the Municipality of Yerevan. We hope that they will help you to form a comprehensive idea about some interesting fragments of history of our centuries-old capital.

 

On the origin of the name Yerevan

The article was printed in the collection of scientific articles dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the museum of history of Yerevan

('Yerevan, Collection of Scientific Articles', Yerevan, 2009)