Gai, Armenia

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Coordinates: 40°05′02″N 44°18′20″E / 40.08389°N 44.30556°E / 40.08389; 44.30556

Gai
Գայ
Gai is located in Armenia
Gai
Gai
Coordinates: 40°05′02″N 44°18′20″E / 40.08389°N 44.30556°E / 40.08389; 44.30556
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArmavir
Founded1670s
Population
 (2008)
 • Total3,594
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )

Gai (Armenian: Գայ; until 1978, Khatunarkh), pronounced "guy", is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of . In 1978, it was renamed in honor of a hero of the Russian Civil War, Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom de guerre was "Gai".[1]

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  1. ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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