Myasnikyan

Place in Armavir, Armenia
Myasnikyan
Մյասնիկյան
40°10′39″N 43°54′23″E / 40.17750°N 43.90639°E / 40.17750; 43.90639
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArmavir
Population
 (2008)
 • Total3,756

40°10′39″N 43°54′23″E / 40.17750°N 43.90639°E / 40.17750; 43.90639 Myasnikyan (Armenian: Մյասնիկյան) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is named for Aleksandr Myasnikyan, the Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and statesman who led Soviet Armenia at the beginning of Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP).[1] It is the location of Araks railway station. Population is 4507 people. The town is populated by Armenians and Kurds (including Yazidis).[2]

References

  1. ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔՆԵՐ - ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ" (in Armenian). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  • Myasnikyan at GEOnet Names Server
  • World Gazetteer: Armenia[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
  • Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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Armavir Province
Capital: Armavir
Urban settlements
Araks MunicipalityArmavir MunicipalityBaghramyan MunicipalityFerik MunicipalityKhoy MunicipalityMetsamor MunicipalityParakar MunicipalityVagharshapat Municipality
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