Aygevan ( hy, Այգևան); formerly ''Sovkhoz Nomer Shest'' – (
Russian for "
Sovkhoz number six"), later ''Imeni Stalina'', later ''Dzerzhinski'' and ''Imeni Dzerzhinskogo'', is a village in the
Armavir Province
Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...
of
Armenia. It was founded as a state farm in 1946 and named after
Felix Dzerzhinski
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( pl, Feliks Dzierżyński ; russian: Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович Дзержи́нский; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official, born into Polish nobilit ...
, head of the Soviet secret police.
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Armavir Province
Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...
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World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
Populated places in Armavir Province
Populated places established in 1946
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
1946 establishments in the Soviet Union
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