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1000 Dram Armenian Theatre in Tbilisi
| Issuer | Central Bank of Armenia |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 1000 Dram |
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| Obverse lettering | 2021 1000 ԴՐԱՄ (Translation: 1000 dram) |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a detailed bust portrait of Petros Adamyan, the renowned nineteenth-century Armenian tragic actor, modeled after the sculpture by Ara Sargsyan. To the side, a graphic architectural rendering of the Armenian State Drama Theater in Tbilisi is depicted, commemorating the centenary of the institution. An inscription in Armenian script appears in the field alongside the commemorative legend. |
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The Armenian Theatre in Tbilisi — formally the Petros Adamyan State Armenian Drama Theatre — has operated continuously since 1863, making it one of the oldest functioning Armenian cultural institutions outside Armenia proper. Its survival through Tsarist Russification campaigns, Soviet cultural policy shifts, and post-Soviet Georgian-Armenian political tensions is a story of institutional stubbornness rarely matched in the South Caucasus. Armenia's commemorative silver program has increasingly focused on diaspora cultural anchors, and this issue fits that pattern precisely.