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*In 1920 December 17 "Order about restructuring Yerevan University" by Ashot Hovhannisyan was published, according to which, the university was restructured and renamed Yerevan National University, former departments were closed and new ones were opened - natural sciences and social sciences faculties. The professorial staff fully released, under Koghbetlyantsi's presidency, who later became the disposer of university's fate, the restructuring committee of the university was created.Accordingly, the old plan and the regulations of the university was rejected and a new one was created, which strictly matched the programs created for universities of Russia.
*In 1921 January 2 in the first university council session by a closed(secretly) voting The Social Sciences Faculty dean was chosen Sirekan Tigranyan and The Natural Sciences Faculty dean was chosen Davit Zavryan.In the same session Hakob Manandyan was chosen a rector.
*In 1923 January 23 in the laborers' club hall the national university's reopening took place, where there were preseNt present not only students but also many official guests and different public representatives.The session was opened by Manandyan.Then the speech was given to Ash. Hovhannisyan, who, highlighting the university's role for the republician life, particularly focused on independent practical organization of students' work.At the end of the session, expressing heartful thanks for orators' wishes, the rector also hoped that the news of university's reconstruction would impetus armenian intellectuals' diaspora to return homeland and to serve the nation's scientific needs.Then The Social Sciences Faculty lecturer Grigor Chubaryan read his first lecture "The soviet law and the national university of Armenia".*Since 1921 January 24, the university classes have began.
*Some time later the number of faculties expanded.Five faculties began operating instead of two - Oriental Sciences (dean Hakob Manandyan), Natural and Technical Sciences (dean Daviy Zavryan), Pedagogic (Gurgen Edilyan) and Soviet Construction (Gevorg Ghananjyan) faculties.
*In 1921 November on the basis of the Natural Sciences Faculty the Agricultural faculty was opened (dean Papa Qalantanyan).
