KUMAYRI

kooˈmīrē or Gyumrigyoomˈrē, formerly Leninakanlənyēnˌäkänˈ, city (1989 pop. 122,587), in Armenia, near the Turkish border. It has varied light manufactures. The old craft of rug making is practiced. Kumayri is the most important Armenian industrial center after Yerevan. It was founded (1837) as Aleksandropol on the site of the Turkish fortress of Gumri. It was called Leninakan from 1924 to 1990. The city was leveled in a Dec., 1988, earthquake.

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The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity
Book by Edmund Herzig, Marina Kurkchiyan; RoutledgeCurzon, 2005
Subjects: Armenia--History, Armenians--History, National Characteristics, Armenian
...57 Gregory of Narek, St. 63 Gregory the Illuminator, St. 33 , 39 , 49 , 51 Guliev, Vilayat 164 Gyumri (Leninaken, Kumayri, Alexandropol) 31 , 68 , 97 , 222 h Haigazian University 134 Hakob IV of Jugha (Julfa), Catholicos 62 Hamazkaine 141 Hamidian...


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Kumayri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KUMAYRI koo mire or Gyumri gyoom re, formerly Leninakan l nyen akan , city (1989...has varied light manufactures. The old craft of rug making is practiced. Kumayri is the most important Armenian industrial center after Yerevan . It was...
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Gumri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GUMRI see Kumayri , Armenia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Leninakan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LENINAKAN see Kumayri , Armenia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Gyumri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GYUMRI see Kumayri , Armenia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Armenia , Country, Asia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...supports the important fishing industry and is another source of hydroelectric power. The countrys main cities are Yerevan, Kumayri (formerly Leninakan), Vanadzor (formerly Kirovakan), and Yejmiadzin (seat of the Armenian Church). Ethnic Armenians...
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