According to Ivan Shopen’s “A Statistical Survey for the Administration of the Armenian Province” [in Russian- «Камеральное описание Армянской области»] by 1828 (when Russians conquered the Yerevan khanate from Persians), there were 8 mosques and 6 churches in Yerevan.
Each mosque included a school. In the fortress the school was separate from the mosque. Here is the list of the mosques in Yerevan;
- Abbas Mirza (in the fortress)
- Mohammad Khan (in the fortress)
- Zali Khan
- Nowruz Ali Beg
- Sartip Khan
- Hosein Ali Khan (the Gok-Jami or Friday Mosque)
- Haji Imam Verdi
- Haji Jafar Beg (Haji Nasrollah Beg)
Each school in Yerevan included a school. There were 7 churches. All were Armenian Apostolic, except for Virgin Mary, which was Russian Orthodox and did not exist in Persian times. Here is the list of the churches in Yerevan;
- St. George (in the fortress)
- Sts. Paul and Peter
- St. John
- St. Sargis
- St. katoghike
- St. Zoravar
Ivan Shopen was a Russian historian and ethnographer of French origin. He was sent from St. Petersburg to compile the data that the Russians had already begun to collect following their 1828 conquer of the region. During his three years in Yerevan (1829-1832), Shopen prepared statistical account of the area, entitled «Камеральное описание Армянской области» [“A Statistical Survey for the Administration of the Armenian Province”] based on Russian military figures, interviews with the population, and the Persian tax records of the previous administration.
Image – Yerevan Blue Mosque today
