Banquet with Mayor I.G. On October 13, 1902

1902

Banquet with Mayor I.G. On October 13, 1902, on the occasion of the opening of the citys first public library-reading room in Melik-Aghamalyans house.
Employees of the city, doctors, teachers, officials, writers, industrialists of the city who participated in its creation were invited to the cafe.

Source: Archive S.G. Velichko - M.-Martirosyan.
© ️ Author: photographer G.Tarverdyan, photo studio G.Shakharyants, Baku. The printing house and shop of the Ter-Ovanesov brothers, Baku edition 1902.
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Isahak Melik-Aghamalyan (1858-1914) was born in Yerevan and an aristocrat. After graduating from the Faculty of Law of the University of Petersburg, he worked at the Tiflis Court as a lawyer. In 1898 he was elected mayor of Yerevan, which he held until 1904. During his reign, the city was rebuilt. Water supply, sidewalks, street lighting were created, a new hospital and the first library were opened. From 1904 to 1910, from 1912 to 1914 the leader was his younger brother Hovhannes Melik-Aghamalyan.

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Contributed by OldPik on January 6, 2025