Mayakovski (, also ''Mayakawvsky'') is a village in the

Kotayk Province Kotayk (, ), is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk c ...

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 ...

Etymology

The village was named in honor of the Soviet poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky ( – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, Russian Revolution, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Ru ...

. The village was previously known as ''Shaab'' or ''Shahab''.

References

External links

* Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 58, available online at th
US embassy to Armenia's website
* Populated places in Kotayk Province Yazidi populated places in Armenia {{Kotayk-geo-stub