40°05′02″N 44°18′20″E / 40.08389°N 44.30556°E
Gay
Գայ | |
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Coordinates: 40°05′02″N 44°18′20″E / 40.08389°N 44.30556°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Armavir |
Municipality | Araks |
Founded | 1670s |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 3,594 |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
Gay (Armenian: Գայ [ɡɑj]) until 1978, Khatunarkh, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan, Safavid governor of Chokhur-e Sa'd.[1][2] In 1978, it was renamed in honour of Russian Civil War hero Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom-de-guerre was Gay.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Հակոբյան Տ.Խ., Մալիք Բախշյան փ.Տ., Բարսեղյան Օ.Խ. Հայաստանի և շրջակա գավառների տեղանունների բառարան. I գ., Ա.Դ., Երևան, «Իրավանի համալսարան», 1986. էջ 778