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