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(Encyclopedia) YerevanYerevanyĕrĕvänˈ [key], Rus. Erivan, city (1989 pop. 1,201,539), capital of Armenia, on the Razdan River. A leading industrial, cultural, and scientific center, Yerevan is also a…Erivan
(Encyclopedia) Erivan: see Yerevan, Armenia.Kumayri
(Encyclopedia) KumayriKumayrik&oomacr;ˈmīrē [key] or GyumriGyumrigy&oobreve;mˈrē [key], formerly LeninakanLeninakanlənyēnˌäkänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 122,587), in Armenia, near the Turkish…Pashinyan, Nikol Vovayi
(Encyclopedia) Pashinyan or Pashinian, Nikol Vovayi, 1975–, Armenian political leader. A journalist and member of the liberal Civil Contract party, he served two years in jail (2009–11) for…Transcaucasia
(Encyclopedia) TranscaucasiaTranscaucasiatrănzˌkôkāˈzhə, –shə, trănsˌ– [key], transitional region between Europe and Asia, extending from the Greater Caucasus to the Turkish and Iranian borders,…Ter-Petrossian, Levon
(Encyclopedia) Ter-Petrossian, Levon, 1945–, Armenian political leader, president of Armenia (1991–98), b. Aleppo, Syria, grad. Yerevan State Univ. (1971), Leningrad Oriental Studies Institute (Ph.D…Kocharian, Robert Sedraki
(Encyclopedia) Kocharian or Kocharyan, Robert Sedraki, 1954–, Armenian political leader. He served (1972–74) in the Soviet army and worked as a mechanical engineer (1977–81) before graduating (1982)…Sargsyan, Serzh
(Encyclopedia) Sargsyan or Sarkisyan, Serzh, 1954–, Armenian political leader, president (2008–18) and prime minister (2007–8, 2018) of Armenia, b. Nagorno-Karabakh. He served in the Soviet armed…Vazgen Sarkisian Biography
Vazgen SarkisianAge: 40 Armenian prime minister and victim of a coup attempt in the impoverished former Soviet state. Sarkisian, who was appointed to Armenia's second-highest government post…Disasters in 2009
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