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Since 1991, during the first 6 years after independence, when there was a mass unemployment, nearly nothing was manufactured in
Armenia, and everything was imported, Hrant Vardanyan, as an entrepreneur, set himself the goal of reviving and developing of domestic manufacture. He was the first to
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Hrant
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Hrant
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enterprise, thousands of working places have been created in agricultural sphere, particularly, in borderline villages of the Republic of Armenia.
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Shahamiryanner Street in Yerevan’s Shengavit administrative district, the Republic of Armenia, was renamed after Hrant Vardanyan on June 22, 2021.
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Hrant Vardanyan's charity activities were multipurpose and comprehensive: science, education, culture, healthcare, sports, etc. He sponsored the
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