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Gai ( ), known as Khatunarkh until 1978 (and also spelled Guy or Gay), is a village in the
Armavir Province Armavir (, ), 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 north, the province's capital is the tow ...
of Armenia. It was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan,
Safavid The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ...
governor of Chokhur-e Sa'd.Հակոբյան Տ.Խ., Մալիք Բախշյան փ.Տ., Բարսեղյան Օ.Խ. Հայաստանի և շրջակա գավառների տեղանունների բառարան. I գ., Ա.Դ., Երևան, «Իրավանի համալսարան», 1986. էջ 778 In 1978, it was renamed in honour of
Russian Civil War The Russian Civil War () was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. I ...
hero Hayk Bzhshkian, whose
nom-de-guerre A ''nom de guerre'' (, 'war name') is a pseudonym chosen by someone to use when they are involved in a particular activity, especially fighting in a war. In ''ancien régime'' France it would be adopted by each new recruit (or assigned to them by ...
was ''Gai''.Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 40, available online at th
US embassy to Armenia's website


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World Gazetteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com * Populated places in Armavir Province Populated places established in the 1670s {{ArmavirAM-geo-stub