YEREVAN WITH NANSEN’S EYES

26/03/2020

SUMMARY

Great humanist of the 20th century, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen visited Armenia in 1925. As a result of this trip a valuable book entitled ,,Cheated Nation’’ was written and dedicated to Armenia, it’s history and culture. The book has been translated into several languages. There are interesting memoirs in this book about Nansen’s visit to Yerevan.

In this article the author analyzes Nansen’s impressions in Yerevan.

Felix Bakhchinyan
“Fridtjow Nansen” Museum

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The museum of Yerevan history was founded in 1931. Being attached to the communal division of Yerevan City Council it was called Communal Museum and in 1936 it was renamed Yerevan History Museum.
At first the museum was located in one of the rooms on the second floor of the Yerevan Fire Department. In 1936 it was moved to the Blue Mosque (Gyoy Djami) where it functioned for about 56 years.
In 1994-1997 it was located in the building of former Hripsimeh Female Gymnasium. In 1997-2005-in the building adjacent to the secondary school n 1 after Shahumyan. In 2005 it was established in the newly built building of the Municipality of Yerevan making a unified architectural ensemble.