The streets in Yerevan will be renamed in honor of legendary Soviet spy Gevorg Vardanyan, world-renowned Armenian conductor Ohan Duryan, distinguished artist of the Armenian SSR Aleksei Hekimyan, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR Karp Khachvankyan, Soviet writer and participant of the Karabakh war Levon Khechoyan, distinguished Armenian cultural figure David Hovhannes and poets Hrach Tamrazyan and Slavik Chiloyan. The relevant decision was made at the extraordinary session of Yerevan Council of Elders on Tuesday.

In addition, one of the streets of the capital will be called Doctors Street.

Memorial plaques in honor of Mishik Ghazaryan, USSR State Prize winner in Science and Technology, and Yuri Davtyan, Doctor of Philological Sciences, will also be installed in the city.