Yerevan State University, also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country. It is thus
Elizaveta Shahkhatuni
…politician and one of the exponents of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Shahkhatuni left school to study in the engineering faculty of the Yerevan State University for two years. She then joined the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) in 1930. Shahkhatuni started there in second year of the course. She worked in the…
Sirakan Tigranyan, one of the founders of the university
First YSU building in Yerevan
The 1970 Soviet stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the university. During the Soviet days, the establishment year of the university was considered to be 1920 instead of 1919