art school operating since 1976, a public library since 1974, and a house of culture opened during the 1980s. The town has a children's art school and a dance ensemble known as Byuregh. In November 2011, the statue of Karabakh War hero Samvel Vartanyan was erected in Byureghavan in the yard of the town's high school. The ceremony was attended by then-minister of defence Seyran Ohanyan. Transportation Being located at the northeastern vicinity of Yerevan, Byureghavan is connected with capital city with buses and minibuses. The H-2 regional road connects Byureghavan with the M-4 Motorway that passes through the eastern vicinity of the town. Economy During the 1970s, Byureghavan and the surrounding localities were turned into an active industrial hub within the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. However, much of the industrial capacity of the town was drastically dropped with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Many of the Soviet-era firms were privatized, including the glass containers manufacturing plant currently known as Glass World Company, the marble and granite processing plant currently known as Almaqar, and the reinforced concrete manufacturing plant currently known as Sunenergashin, while the Arzni mineral water plant was relocated to Yerevan. The town is also home to the Byuregh Alco wine-brandy-vodka factory founded in 1996, as well as many plants for the production of building materials. Education Byureghavan is home to a boarding school operating since 1958, an elementary school opened in 1966, as well as a high school opened in 1979. The high school is named after Samvel Vartanyan, a native to Byureghavan and a hero of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War The Byureghavan State Vocational School is an intermediate college operating since 1974. Sport The Byureghavan school of sport was opened in 1989 and currently has football, athletics, sambo, judo, wrestling and boxing teams. The town is also home to a sports and cultural centre opened in 2010. Byureghavan has a municipal stadium with a capacity of 900 expectorates. It is currently used by the young football teams of Kotayk Province. References Populated places in Kotayk Province Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1945