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Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country. It has been the capital since 1918, the thirteenth in the history of Armenia. Yerevan was named the 2012 World Book Capital by UNESCO

Armenian National Academy of Sciences

was founded on 10 November 1943 on the

basis of the USSR Academy of Sciences'

Armenian Branch, organized in 1935.

Yerevan State University Founded on May 16, 1919, it is the largest university in the country with 110 departments

The statues of Mesrop Mashtots and Sahak Partev

Yerevan State University,

founded 1919, is the largest

university in the country with 110

departments

American University of

Armenia is the first Armenian

institution modeled on

Western-style higher education,

committed to teaching,

research, and service

The National Assembly of Armenia on Baghramyan Avenue

The National Assembly of Armenia on Baghramyan Avenue

Intercontinental Hotel Yerevan

The National Assembly of Armenia

Dalma Garden Mall

Ararat Yerevan Brandy Factory

Ararat Yerevan Brandy Factory

Ararat Yerevan Brandy Museum

Ararat Yerevan Brandy Factory

Left wing of the Yerevan Brandy Factory

Cradle of Wine production

Yerevan Brandy Company is almost as renowned a symbol of the Armenian capital as Mount Ararat

Yerevan on the shores of Hrazdan River

At the time of Armenia's independence in 1918, when Yerevan was made the capital of an independent Armenia, Yerevan was a town of just 20,000. Large scale construction began, which took a more holistic approach under the new city plan laid out by Alexander Tamanyan.

The plan involved the demolition of much of what existed, in favour of concentric circles, parks, and taller structures. He planned for Yerevan to become a metropolis of 200,000 people.As of 2011, the population of Yerevan was 1,060,138, making up to 35.1% of the total population of Armenia

Vardan Mamikonian statue by Yervand Kochar (1899-1979)

In 451 Vardan Mamikonian heroically perished in Avarayr Battle

Vardan Mamikonian (393 - 451 AD)

Located in Khanjyan Gallery is the monumental mural executed by the well-known Armenian painter Grigor Khanjyan (1926–2000). Commissioned for the original Soviet monument but left unfinished at the time of Khanjyan’s death, the three primary scenes of the mural illustrate important events in Armenia’s history: The Creation of the Armenian Alphabet (1992-1994); The Battle of Vardanank in AD 451 (1995-1998); and The Rebirth of Armenia (1998-2000). Khanjyan Gallery was completely renovated in 2009, and its austere, unadorned interior embodies the reverence many Armenians feel toward one of their country’s artistic treasures.

The Rebirth of Armenia (1998-2000)

The Battle of Vardanank in AD 451 (1995-1998)The Creation of the Armenian Alphabet (1992-1994)

Immortal Saint Mesrop Mashtots The Creation of the Armenian Alphabet (1992-1994)

The Battle of Vardanank in AD 451 by Grigor Khanjyan, a portion of the huge historic painting Battle of Avarayr [may 26, 451] between Armenian [66,000] and Persian armies [some 300,000] became an epic battle for survival and preservation of national identity

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The Battle of Vardanank in AD 451 (details)

1650th anniversary of the Birth of Mesrop Mashtots (Armenian scholar, enlightener, and creator of the Armenian alphabet)

Grigor Khanjyan (1926-2000) The Rebirth of Armenia

Vardan Mamikonian (393 - 451 AD) was an Armenian military leader, a martyr and a saint of the Armenian Church. He is best known for leading the Armenian army at the Battle of Avarayr in 451, which ultimately secured the Armenians' right to practice Christianity

Major Christian Armenian churches are named after Saint Vardan, including the St. Vartan Cathedral in New York City

The Order Vardan Mamikonian - State Awards in the Republic of Armenia

Vardan Mamikonyan was the hero and the leader of the Christian Armenian forces, who fought in the Battle of Avarayr for the faith of Christendom against the Persians who wanted an Armenian Conversion to fire worshipping of Zoroastrianism in the year 451 A.D.

According to Arshag Chobanian "To the Armenian nation, Vartan [...] is the most beloved figure, the most sacred in their history, the symbolical hero who typifies the national spirit.”

The statue to Sparapet Vardan Mamikonyan was completed and placed in 1975 by the talented sculptor (famed for sculpture of Sasuntsi Davit), Yervand Kochar. The horseman seem to be soaring in the air, the only point of support is the stylized cloud of dust

Sound: Gagik Gasparyan - Armenia Duduk (2007)

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