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Yerevan

New Azimuth Airlines Armenia Flights May Boost Tourism

2019-11-26 by Argophilia Travel News

Azimuth Airlines

Azimuth Airlines will now operate regular flights from Ufa to Yerevan. The airline says the new flights will spur more tourism.

Tags: airline news, Armenia flights, Azimuth, Azimuth Airlines, Russian airlines, Tatevik Revazyan, Yerevan

Armenian Ambassador Oleg Yesayan Visits MITT

2016-03-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia

Last week at MITT 2016, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Oleg Yesayan attended the opening ceremony of Russia’s most important travel expo.

Tags: Armenia, Armenia travel, Go2Armenia, MITT, Yerevan

Places You Never Heard Of: Armenia’s Yerevan Flea Market

2012-04-12 by Phil Butler

Yerevan and Mt. Ararat.

Armenia is one of the least understood, and most fascinating places in the world. Today we want to bring you a little piece of culture from there, a place you undoubtedly never heard of, the Yerevan Flea Market. Called Vernissage from the French meaning “varnishing” (or an art preview), this world class flea market slash swap […]

Tags: Acheemenid Empire, Armenia travel, Armenian tourism, King Yervand IV, Mayor Karen Karapetyan, Mount Ararat, Persia, Yerevan, yerevan armenia

Yerevan Is the 2012 World Book Capital

2011-02-10 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Yerevan bookstore.

The city of Yerevan (Armenia) was named as the World Book Capital 2012 at the conclusion of the meeting of the selection committee, which was held at UNESCO Headquarters on 2 July, 2010.

Tags: Yerevan

The Places of the East: Alexander Spendiaryan

2011-01-27 by Phil Butler

Inside the Alexander Spendiaryan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

The Alexander Spendiaryan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater is located in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. It takes its name in honor of Alexander Spendiaryan, an Armenian composer who wrote the opera Almast. This opera was the first one that was performed at the complex. The facility did not take on this name until 1938, five years following its official opening.

Tags: Alexander Spendiaryan, Almast, Armenia, Armenia theater, Armenia tourism, Armenian Ballet, Armenian Opera, Ballet Theater, Eastern Europe, famous places, Gayane, opera & ballet, Opera House, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, Yerevan

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