Shirak State University Alumni
Shirak or Širak may refer to: Places *Shirak Province, administrative division of Armenia *Shirak, Armenia, village in Shirak Province, Armenia *Shanbarak, village in Qazvin Province, Iran, formerly known as Shīrak *Shirag, village in South Khorasan Province, Iran, also called Shīrak *Shirak Airport, international airport in Gyumri, Armenia *Shirak State University, state university in Gyumri, Armenia *Shirak Poghosyan (born 1969), Armenian long jumper * Deh Shirak * Shirak Plain, a plain located in the Armenian Plateau Other uses *FC Shirak, football club from Gyumri, Armenia *Shirak (periodical), ''Shirak'' (periodical), Lebanese Armenian literary publication See also

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Shirak Province
Shirak (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province () of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering the provinces of Lori Province, Lori to the east and Aragatsotn Province, Aragatsotn to the south and southeast, and the countries of Turkey to the west and Georgia (country), Georgia to the north. Its capital and largest city is Gyumri, which is the second largest city in Armenia. It is as much semi-desert as it is mountain meadow or high alpine. In the south, the high steppes merge into mountain terrain, being verdant green in the spring, with hues of reddish brown in the summer. The province is served by the Gyumri Shirak International Airport, Shirak International Airport of Gyumri. Etymology Shirak Province is named after the Shirak canton of the historical Ayrarat province of Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Ancient Armenia. The early medieval Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi writes that the name Shirak derives from Shara, who was the great-grandson o ...
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