WEBRizhkov Street in central Gyumri. Under Soviet rule, the name of the city was changed in 1924 to Leninakan after the deceased Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. The city suffered an earthquake in 1926, when many of its significant buildings were destroyed including the Greek church of Saint George.
WEBThe city was renamed Leninakan. A new stage of development begins for Alexandropol after the sovietization of Armenia in 1920. After the death in 1924 of Lenin, the leader of the Russian Revolution, Alexandropol was renamed Leninakan, in 1990-1992 – …
WEBLeninakan was severely damaged by an earthquake that devastated northwestern Armenia on December 7, 1988. Almost all of the city’s multistory buildings collapsed, killing thousands and leaving many others homeless. Gyumri is now the second city of Armenia in both industry and population and is the republic’s major textile centre.
WEBԳլխավոր էջ Gyumri Our history. Gyumri is located in the central part of Shirak highland, 1550 m above sea level. The population of the city is over 150,000 people, with a territory of 4429 hectares. Gyumri is the regional center and has history dating back at least five thousand years. Geographically it is situated in the Shirak Valley ...
WEBIn 1924, the city was renamed Leninakan under the Soviet regime to honor the first and founding head of the USSR Vladimir Lenin. After the dissolution of the USSR and independence of Armenia in 1991, at the request of the majority of the city's inhabitants, the city was renamed Gyumri , welcoming the post-Soviet era and a return to an earlier ...
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Gyumri / The Second Largest City of Armenia - Armenian Geographic …
WEBMar 30, 2023 · Alexandrapol was then renamed Leninakan, after Vladimir Lenin. After the dissolution of the USSR, the First Republic of Armenia officially named the city Gyumri. Gyumri has a historical reputation as being a center for arts. Some of Armenia’s most famous writers were from Gyumri.
WEBToday Gagik owns the Yerankyuni (Triangle) restaurant, named for a famous Armenian film set in World War II, which tells the story of five blacksmiths from Gyumri (known then as Leninakan). ( updated Sep 2021 )
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Explore Gyumri's architectural history | MyArmenia
WEBGyumri is one of Armenia's most distinctive cities and its second largest urban center. Known previously as Kumayri, Alexandrapol, and Leninakan, Gyumri's settlement dates to at least the fourth century BCE. It has served variously as military outpost, transportation hub, and trading post.
WEBJan 16, 2020 · Later during the Soviet era, the city changed its name again to Leninakan. But few buildings from this era remain standing, as the concrete constructions couldn’t withstand the devastating earthquake of 1988. To this day, the city is still recovering, and evidence of the disaster can be seen on just about every block.
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Still Recovering: Armenia's Catastrophic Earthquake, 30 Years Later
WEBDec 6, 2018 · 1 Gyumri (known during the Soviet period as Leninakan) photographed two years before disaster struck. The city is Armenia's second-largest, after the capital, Yerevan. 2 A clock in Gyumri, frozen...
