Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world’s oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Civilization in Yerevan dates back to the 8th Century BC and is at least 24 years older than Rome & has been the capital of Armenia since 1918 and the twelfth in the history of Armenia. In 1920, Yerevan became the capital of the newly formed Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union. The Soviet era transformed the city into the principal administrative, cultural, artistic, political centre & modern industrial metropolis of over a million people. Following the collapse of Soviet Union in1991, Armenia had so many problems to cope with than to be investing in new cultural buildings. Today, the appearance of new roads, housing, restaurants, librarys, museums, boutiques, etc have began to erase the traces of 70 years of Soviet dominance. With the growth of its economy, Yerevan has been undergoing a major transformation since early 2000s.
