Illustration by Nanar Avedessian for The Armenian Weekly, using AI.

In 2022, Yerevan began transforming into a city its own residents increasingly fail to recognize. The change can be seen everywhere, from the streets and sidewalks to the central cafés.

Seeing a waiter approach customers in a café in the very center of Yerevan with a casual yet foreign-sounding “Здравствуйте” (“Hello” in Russian), instead of the familiar “Բարև Ձեզ” (“Barev dzez,” the Armenian “Hello”), is no longer unusual.

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