Spandaryan ( hy, Սպանդարյան) 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
Shirak ( hy, wikt:Շիրակ, Շիրակ, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering Turkey to the west and Georgia (country), Geor ...
of
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
. The village was renamed in 1946 in honor of Armenian revolutionary
Suren Spandaryan
Suren Spandari Spandaryan ( hy, Սուրեն Սպանդարի Սպանդարյան; 1882 in Tiflis – 24 September 1916 in Krasnoyarsk) was an Armenian revolutionary in the Russian Empire, literatary critic, publicist and one of the founders of th ...
.
[Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 77, available online at th]
US embassy to Armenia's website
Demographics
References
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World Gazetteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
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Populated places in Shirak Province
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