Mayisyan, Armavir

Coordinates: 40°09′42″N 44°05′18″E / 40.16167°N 44.08833°E / 40.16167; 44.08833

Mayisyan, Armavir
Մայիսյան
Coordinates: 40°09′42″N 44°05′18″E / 40.16167°N 44.08833°E / 40.16167; 44.08833
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Armavir
Population (2008)
  Total 1,642
Time zone   (UTC+4)

Mayisyan (Armenian: Մայիսյան), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded as a collective farm (sovkhoz) and named Sovkhoz No.2. Later it became to be known as Imeni Beriya, named after Lavrentiy Beria. In 1953, it was renamed Imeni Zhdanovaor Zhdanov after Andrei Zhdanov. In 2006, the village was renamed Mayisyan, in memory of the Armenian victory over the Turks during the battles of Abaran and Sardarabad in May 1918.

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