| Iranica.com - EJMIATSIN (1765 words) |
 | This is embodied in the evocative lament of 1304 by Step¿annos OÚrbe@lean, in which the cathedral is personified as a widowed mother mourning the loss of her children. |
| Subsequently, the cleric raised Armenian militias which participated in the Russian advance on Ejmiatsin and fostered plans to encourage Armenians from the north of Persia and the Ottoman empire to immigrate to the Erevan region, many of whom settled around the city. |
| During Soviet rule the Ejmiatsin district underwent a marked degree of industrialization and became one of the most densely populated areas of the Armenian Republic. |
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