Honorary citizens of Yerevan




1983


VICTOR HAMBARDZUMYAN
President of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR,
academician, double hero of socialist labor, hero of Armenia

SUREN PETROSYAN
Brigade-leader of machine operatives at "Nairit"
 scientific-production unit

SARGIS MARTIROSYAN
Lieutenant-general, hero of the Soviet Union

1984

CHRISTAPOR PIRUMOV
Personal pensioner of USSR state significance, academician

GRISHA MARARYAN
Brigade-leader of the building plot N31 of “YerArdShin” trust

GOHAR GASPARYAN
Soloist of Yerevan state academic theater of opera and ballet
after A. Spendiaryan, national artist of USSR, state prizes laureate

1985

HAIK MARTIROSYAN
Major-general, veteran of the Great Patriotic war

SERO KHANZADYAN
Writer, hero of socialist labor

ROLAND MOVSISYAN
Head of the production division N31 at "Hayelectromekena"
(ArmElectricMachine)

1986

SILVA KAPUTIKYAN
Woman writer, state prizes laureate

HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN
Brigade-leader at "Yerevanshin" construction-and-assembling
production union

GRIGOR KHANJYAN
National artist of USSR, state prizes laureate

MIKHAIL DUDIN
Secretary of the writers' union of Russian Federation, writer

ARMAN KUCHUKYAN
Chief constructor of the computer integrated system at the
 scientific research institute of mathematical machines

1987

ALEXANDER HARUTYUNYAN
Composer, national artist of USSR, state prize laureate

SHAVARSH KARAPETYAN
Head of the youth technical art center, honored master of sports,
record-holder of underwater speedy swimming, champion of Europe

MAMBRE GARAGASH
CPSU party member since 1920, honored worker of RA science

SAMAND SIABANDOV
Veteran of the Great Patriotic war and labor, hero of the Soviet Union

ELMIR HARUTYUNYAN
Worker of "Elektrasark" production union, deputy of the
Supreme Council, laureate of USSR state prize

1990

LORIS TJEKNAVORYAN
Art director and the chief conductor of the Armenian state and
Yerevan Council Youth symphonic orchestras

1991

GRIGOR MINASYAN
Citizen of German Federation, benefactor

1994

MARKOS GRIGORYAN
American-Armenian painter

1995

REGINA GHAZARYAN
RA honored painter

VACHE MANUKYAN
American-Armenian benefactor

SARGIS HAKOBYAN
American-Armenian benefactor

CHARLES AZNAVOIR
Singer, French-Armenian benefactor

1997

ANDREY BITOV
Citizen of Russian Federation, writer, publicist

SARGIS HAKOBYAN
American-Armenian benefactor

1998

CARLOS MENEM
President of Argentine Republic

EDGAR HOVHANNISYAN
Composer, national artist of USSR, state prize laureate

ARKADI TER-TADEVOSYAN (COMANDOS)
Commander-in-chief, major-general

GRIGOR HASRATYAN
Former head of the executive committee of
Yerevan City Council

1999

EDUARD SHEVARNADZE
First president of the Republic of Georgia

PETER STOYANOV
President of the Republic of Bulgaria

PAVEL GRACHEV
Former minister of defense of Russian Federation

2000

KHOREN ABRAHAMYAN
National artist of USSR, state prizes laureate

SOS SARGSYAN
National artist of USSR, state prizes laureate

ALBERT AZARYAN
Multiple champion of Olympic games, the world and Europe,
honored master of sports

JIVAN GASPARYAN
Duduk (fife) player, RA national artist

VILEN HAKOBYAN
Rector of Yerevan medical university after Mkhitar Heratsi

HRAIR HOVAKIMYAN
US citizen, cardiologist, surgeon

GERHARD MAYER
Citizen of German Federation, president of the Red Cross

2001

EMIL LAHUD
President of the Republic of Lebanon

EDVARD MIRZOYAN
Composer, national artist of USSR, state prizes laureate

ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO
President of the Republic of Belarus

GURGEN DALIBALTAYAN
Major-general, councilor of RA president

EDUARD ISABEKYAN
National painter of Armenia, professor

HRANT MATEVOSYAN
Prose writer, RA state prize laureate

ARMEN JIGARKHANYAN
National artist of USSR and RA, state prizes laureate

HAKOB HAKOBYAN
RA national painter, state prize laureate

ALEXANDER KIRAKOSYAN
Party figure, former deputy head of the USSR council of ministers

VLADIMIR MOVSISYAN
Political figure, councilor of RA prime-minister

ARKADI GHUKASYAN
President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

HOVHANNES CHEKIJYAN
Choirmaster, national artist of USSR, state prize laureate

SEN AREVSHATYAN
Academician of RA Academy of Sciences

JAN-CLOD GODEN
France, mayor of Marseilles

ALEXANDER KVASHNEVSKI
President of the Republic of Poland

2002

MURAD MURADYAN
Former head of the executive committee of Yerevan city council

LEVON SHAHBAZYAN
RA honored builder

FADEY SARGSYAN
President of RA Academy of Sciences

YURI LUZHKOV
Mayor of Moscow

VARDUHI VARDERESYAN
Actress< national artist of USSR

ATOM EGOYAN
Film director

LEONID KUCHMA
President of the Republic of Ukraine

BORIS YELTSIN
The first president of Russian Federation

2003

JIM TOROSYAN
Architect, academician

HRACHUHI JINANYAN
Actress, professor of the Yerevan state institute of the stage and screen

LEVON MALKHASYAN
Pianist, president of the club "Jazz-Art"

NIKOGHAYOS NIKOGHOSYAN
Painter

2004

SVETLANA GRIGORYAN
RA national artist, actress of the state theater of comedy
 after Hakob Paronyan

SUREN GYANJUMYAN
RA honored cultural worker

HENRIK IGITYAN
RA honored art worker

VARAZDAT HARUTYUNYAN
honorary president of compatriot union "Vaspurakan",
academician, honored cultural worker

2005

ZORI BALAYAN
Writer-publicist

VLADIMIR RESIN
The first deputy of the mayor of Moscow

AZAT GASPARYAN
RA honored artist, state prizes laureate, board member
of the RA theatrical workers society, actor of the
 state academic theater after Sundukyan

YERVAND GHAZANCHYAN
National artist, president of the RA theatrical workers society,
art director of the state theater of musical comedy after
A. Paronyan, state prize laureate, professor

HARUTYUN KEHEYAN
RA honored trainer, director of the stadium "Hrazdan"

PERCH ZEYTUNTSYAN
RA honored cultural worker, state prizes laureate

2006

TIGRAN MANSURYAN
RA national artist, state prizes laureate, composer

ASHOT GHAZARYAN
RA honored artist

ARAMAYIS SAHAKYAN
Honored journalist, laureate of the prize "Golden Pen",
editor-in-chief of the journal "Vozni" ("Hedgehog")

HAYRAPET GALSTYAN
Corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences,
 doctor-professor of medical sciences, director of the national
 oncological center after S. Fanarjyan

2007

MARTIN VARDAZARYAN
Composer

AGHASI AYVAZYAN
Writer and publicist

2008

KONSTANTIN ORBELYAN
National artist of USSR, laureate of international prizes,
multiyear head of the state variety ensemble of Armenian SSR

VLADIMIR MSRYAN
RA national artist, state prize laureate, actor of the drama
theater after Hrachya Ghaplanyan

HOVHANNES ZANAZANYAN
International class master of sports, champion of Olympic
Games, captain of the team “Ararat-73”


2009

VARAZDAT MKRTCHYAN
Head of the administrative region Nork-Marash of the city of Yerevan

2010

GABRIEL JMBERJYAN
The honorary president of of the charitable fund "Pyunik", Syrian-Armenian businessman, benefactor

SAMVEL PETROSYAN
An employee of CJSC "Yerevan Metro after Karen Demirchyan", electric train driver

2012

SERGEY HAMBARTSOUMYAN
Academician

ALEXANDER GRIGORYAN
The art director of the State Theatre of Russian Drama after K.Stanislavski

RAFAEL VAHANYAN
The International Grand Master, prominent chess player

HENRIKH MKHITARYAN
The member of the national team of Armenia, well-known footballer

2013


LEVON IGITYAN
RA Honorary worker of culture, architect

ALBERT MKRTCHYAN
RA People’s artist , director and art leader of Yerevan Artistic Theater after Mher Mkrtchyan, film director, scenario writer

HRACHIK ASHUGHYAN
RA Honorary worker of art, RA People’s artist