Nahapetavan ( hy, Նահապետավան) is a village in the
Artik Municipality
Shirak ( hy, Շիրակ, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering Turkey to the west and Georgia to the north. Its capital and largest city is Gyumri, which is the second largest city in ...
of the
Shirak Province of
Armenia. The town was renamed in 1961 in honor of
Nahapet Kurghinian, a participant in the Bolshevik uprising in May 1920.
[Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 77, available online at th]
US embassy to Armenia's website
Demographics
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Populated places in Shirak Province
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