Myasnikyan

Myasnikyan
Մյասնիկյան
Myasnikyan is located in Armenia
Myasnikyan
Myasnikyan
Coordinates: 40°10′39″N 43°54′23″E / 40.17750°N 43.90639°E / 40.17750; 43.90639
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArmavir
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
4,036[1]
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 ( )

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).[2] It is the location of Araks railway station. The town's population is 4,036 people[1], which is mainly populated by Armenians and Kurds (including Yazidis).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Armavir (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  2. ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔՆԵՐ - ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ" (in Armenian). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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