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It was renamed Leninakan during the Soviet period and became a major industrial and textile center in Soviet Armenia. The city's population rapidly grew to above 200,000 prior to the 1988 Spitak earthquake, when it was devastated, with the city's population being reduced to 121,976 as of the 2011 census.
Born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city famous for its world class weightlifters, Militosyan took up weightlifting in 1964 under the guidance of Hakob Faradzhyana and joined the Soviet national team in 1975.
Dec 3, 2013 · On December 7th, 1988, Leninakan, the second-largest city in Soviet-ruled Armenia, was razed to the ground by a devastating earthquake. Twenty-five years later, Gyumri, as the town is now...
Born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city famous for its world class weightlifters, Militosyan took up weightlifting in 1980 under the guidance of cousin Vardan Militosyan and joined the Soviet national team in 1987.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya was born on 15 May 1940 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Gyumri, Armenia]. She is an actress, known for The Diamond Arm (1969), The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979) and Day of Wrath (1985).
Nov 29, 2017 · "Kumayri" State Historical-Architectural Reserve-Museum (Leninakan, now Gyumri, 1980, State Prize of the USSR, 1985). The renovation of the Armenian Genocide Memorial in 2011-2015, The Tsitsernakaberd alley and the surrounding area were restored.
Genre: Soviet monument, former USSR The monument commemorates the 60th anniversary of the changing of the city’s name from its Imperialist Russian one of Alexandropol to its Soviet one of Leninakan in 1924.
