The fortress was completely demolished in 1930s during the Soviet rule, although some parts of the defensive walls still remain.

[citation needed] The Erivan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements: Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.

Although Armenians were allowed to work in the markets during the day, they had to lock up and return to their homes in Shahar (the main town) at night.

The last was built in 1798 in Persian architectural style, containing "Shushaband-ayva" ("A Hall of Mirrors"), whose cornice was covered with colorful glass.

And in the walls of the hall were eight images drawn on the canvas: Fat′h-Ali Shah, Huseyn-Ghuli and Hasan, Abbas Mirza, Faramarz, etc.

[6] After the capture of Erivan by the Russians, in one of the halls of the palace, Aleksandr Griboyedov's famous comedy, Woe from Wit, was performed by the military garrison with stand by of the author.

A marble memorial plaque which commemorates the performance is in the Yerevan Ararat Wine Factory, which currently occupies the location where the fortress once existed.

[9] This mosque was Shia and was built in the beginning of the nineteenth century, during the reign of the last khan of Erivan Khanate Huseyn-khan.

[clarification needed] It was a Shia mosque, called “Abbas Mirza Jami”, named for the son of Huseyn-khan.

The façade was covered by green and blue glass, usually found in Azeri-Iranian[citation needed]-style architecture.