Lermontovo () is a village in the
Lori Province
Lori (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia (country), Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. ...
of
Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...
.
Toponymy
The village is named after Russian poet
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...
, often called "the poet of the Caucasus". The village was previously known as ''Voskresenovka'' ().
History
Like the neighboring village of
Fioletovo, Lermontovo was settled in the mid-1800s by
Spiritual Christians
Spiritual Christianity () is the group of belief systems held by so-called folk Protestants (), including non-Eastern Orthodox indigenous faith tribes and new religious movements that emerged in the Russian Empire. Their origins are varied: some ...
from Russia (''Pryguny'', ''
Molokane'').
Gallery
Lermontovo, Lori, Armenia.jpg,
Lermontovo, Municipality - panoramio.jpg,
Sunset, Lermontovo 4.JPG,
References
External links
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Populated places in Lori Province
Mikhail Lermontov
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