Yerevan lake
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Yerevan Lake is an artificial lake located in the capital of Armenia
in Yerevan
.
The new US Embassy
is located along its northwestern shore.
training with his brother Kamo, also a finswimmer, by running
alongside the reservoir, Karapetyan had just completed his usual distance of 20 km (12.4 mi) when he heard the sound of a crash and saw a sinking Yerevan trolleybus
which had gone out of control and fallen from the dam
wall.
The trolleybus lay at the bottom of the reservoir some 25 meters (80 ft) off the shore at a depth of 10 meters (33 ft). Karapetyan swam to it and, under conditions of almost zero visibility due to the silt rising from the bottom, broke the back window with his legs. The trolleybus was crowded, it carried 92 passengers and Karapetyan knew he had little time, spending some 30 to 35 seconds for each person he saved.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
.
The new US Embassy
Embassy of the United States, Yerevan
The Embassy of the United States of America to Armenia is located adjacent to Lake Yerevan along the Yerevan-Etchmiadzin highway. The site occupies an area of 90,469 sq/m , one of the largest lots on which a new U.S. embassy has been built....
is located along its northwestern shore.
Bus accident in 1976
On September 16, 1976 Shavarsh KarapetyanShavarsh Karapetyan
Shavarsh Vladimirovich Karapetyan is a retired Soviet Armenian finswimmer, 13-times European Champion and seven-times USSR Champion, who saved 20 lives when a trolleybus fell into the Yerevan reservoir....
training with his brother Kamo, also a finswimmer, by running
Running
Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground...
alongside the reservoir, Karapetyan had just completed his usual distance of 20 km (12.4 mi) when he heard the sound of a crash and saw a sinking Yerevan trolleybus
Trolleybuses in Yerevan
The Yerevan trolleybus system forms part of the public transport network in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. Since the closure of the Gyumri trolleybus system in 2005, it has been Armenia's only trolleybus system.-History:...
which had gone out of control and fallen from the dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
wall.
The trolleybus lay at the bottom of the reservoir some 25 meters (80 ft) off the shore at a depth of 10 meters (33 ft). Karapetyan swam to it and, under conditions of almost zero visibility due to the silt rising from the bottom, broke the back window with his legs. The trolleybus was crowded, it carried 92 passengers and Karapetyan knew he had little time, spending some 30 to 35 seconds for each person he saved.