Gharibjanyan
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40°44′46″N 43°47′49″E / 40.74611°N 43.79694°E
Gharibjanyan
Ղարիբջանյան | |
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Country | Armenia |
Marz (Province) | Shirak |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,055 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
Gharibjanyan (Armenian: Ղարիբջանյան), formerly known as Gharakilisa, and later Aleksandrovka until 1935, is a village in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The village was renamed in 1935 in honor of Bolshevik leader Bagrat Gharibjanian, killed in 1920.[1]
References
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 79, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website