Gay ( hy, Գայ ) until 1978, Khatunarkh, is a village in the
Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of
Sefi Khan. In 1978, it was renamed in honour of
Russian Civil War
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, conflict = Russian Civil War
, partof = the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I
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Hayk Bzhshkian, whose
nom-de-guerre
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was ''Gay''.
[Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 40, available online at th]
US embassy to Armenia's website
References
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World Gazetteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
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Populated places in Armavir Province
Populated places established in the 1670s
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