Armenia Bank Notes

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Armenia

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100 Dram, 1998

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Front: Victor Hambartsumyan (1908-1996), astronomer

Back: Byurakan Observatory on Mt. Arakadz

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500 Dram, 1999

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Front: Alexander Tamanyan (1878-1936), architect and Yerevan city planner

Back: House of the Government in Yerevan

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1000 Dram, 1999

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Front: Yeghishe Charents (1897-1937), Armenian poet

Charents was born in Iran, but moved with his parents to Kars where he received his primary and secondary education. He received his higher education in Moscow. In 1919 he returned to Yerevan and worked as a teacher.

Charents wrote prolifically. He published six volumes of poetry and a novel. He was killed in 1937 at the age of 40, a victim of Stalin's 1937 purge of intellectuals.

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Armenia, bounded by Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran, was Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic of the U.S.S.R. Became independent in 1991. For a more detailed country profile, see CIA World Factbook on Armenia.

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