Gay, Armenia

40°05′02″N 44°18′20″E / 40.08389°N 44.30556°E / 40.08389; 44.30556

Gay
Գայ
Gay is located in Armenia
Gay
Gay
Coordinates: 40°05′02″N 44°18′20″E / 40.08389°N 44.30556°E / 40.08389; 44.30556
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArmavir
MunicipalityAraks
Founded1670s
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
3,614[1]
Time zoneUTC+4

Gay (Armenian: Գայ [ɡɑj]), known as Khatunarkh until 1978 and also spelled Gai 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.[2][3] In 1978, it was renamed in honour of Russian Civil War hero Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom-de-guerre was Gai.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Armavir (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
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