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Metsamor (, ), is a town and urban municipal community in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is famous for being home to Armenia's Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear plant in the Transcaucasian region. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of 9,191. As per the 2016 official estimate, Metsamor has a population of around 8,000. As of the 2022 census, the town had a population of 8,472. Etymology The name of the town is derived from the nearby river of Metsamor. It is composed of 2 Armenian words: ''mets'' () meaning ''great'', and ''mor'' () meaning ''mother's'', being the genitive case, genitive singular form of the word ''mayr'' () meaning ''mother''. The name is most probably refers to the Mary, mother of Jesus, Virgin Mary as the Great Theotokos, Mother of God. History The construction of the settlement of Metsamor was launched in 1969, within the ''Hoktemberyan'' raion of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was mainly founded as the residential ...
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Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the Capital city, capital, largest city and Economy of Armenia, financial center. The Armenian Highlands has been home to the Hayasa-Azzi, Shupria and Nairi. By at least 600 BC, an archaic form of Proto-Armenian language, Proto-Armenian, an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, had diffused into the Armenian Highlands.Robert Drews (2017). ''Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe''. Routledge. . p. 228: "The vernacular of the Great Kingdom of Biainili was quite certainly Armenian. The Armenian language was obviously the region's vernacular in the fifth century BC, when Persian commanders and Greek writers ...
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Armavir, Armenia
Armavir ( ), is a town and urban municipal community located in the west of Armenia serving as the administrative centre of Armavir Province. It was founded in 1931 by the government of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 29,319, down from 46,900 as reported in the 1989 census. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town is 27,470. Currently, the town has a population of 38,495 as per the 2023 official estimate. The town was known as Sardarapat before 1935, and Hoktemberyan from 1935 to 1995. Currently, Armavir is the seat of the Diocese of Armavir of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Etymology Founded in 1931 as Sardarapat, the town was known as Hoktemberyan (meaning the ''city of October'') between 1935 and 1995, named in honor of the October Revolution. In 1992, the town was named Armavir by the government of independent Armenia, after the nearby ancient city of Armavir, that was founded in the 8th century BC b ...
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Mardjan Avetisyan
Marjan Avetisyan (, born on July 9, 1982), is an Armenian actress. She is known for her roles as Miss Tamara on ''Full House'', Lilith on "Vorogayt" (Trapped). Filmography Discography Songs * 2015 Dec — "New Year" (featuring with Full House band` Mihran Tsarukyan, Grigor Danielyan Grigor Alberti Danielyan (, born on January 11, 1984), is an Armenians, Armenian scriptwriter, producer, singer and actor. He has been working for Armenia TV company since 2004. Biography Grigor Danielyan was born on January 11, 1984, in Yere ..., Gor Hakobyan, Ani Yeranyan, Gor Hakobyan, Moso Karapetyan External links * References 1982 births Living people People from Armavir Province Armenian film actresses 21st-century Armenian actresses Armenian stage actresses {{Armenia-actor-stub ...
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Sport Complex
A sports complex is a group of sports facilities. For example, there are track and field stadiums, football stadiums, baseball stadiums, swimming pools, Olympic Parks, and indoor arenas. Asia * Azadi Sport Complex * Cebu City Sports Complex * Dasana Indah Sport City * Davao City–UP Sports Complex * Davao del Norte Sports Complex * Deli Sport City * Doyo Baru Sport Complex * Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex * Gelora Bung Tomo Sports Complex * Rizal Memorial Sports Complex * Jerusalem Sports Quarter * Jakabaring Sport City * Jalak Harupat Sports Complex * JRD Tata Sports Complex * Kai Tak Sports Park * Kalinga Stadium * Lukas Enembe Sport Complex * Malaysia National Sports Complex * Marikina Sports Center * Mimika Sport Complex * Nanjing Olympic Sports Center * New Clark City Sports Complex * Olympic Green * Panaad Park and Sports Complex * Rawamangun Sports Complex * Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex * Setia SPICE * Seoul Sports Complex * Siliwangi Sport Complex * Sing ...
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Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, Cooling Towers (Armenia, June 2015)
Metsamor (, ), is a town and urban municipal community in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is famous for being home to Armenia's Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear plant in the Transcaucasian region. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of 9,191. As per the 2016 official estimate, Metsamor has a population of around 8,000. As of the 2022 census, the town had a population of 8,472. Etymology The name of the town is derived from the nearby river of Metsamor. It is composed of 2 Armenian words: ''mets'' () meaning ''great'', and ''mor'' () meaning ''mother's'', being the genitive singular form of the word ''mayr'' () meaning ''mother''. The name is most probably refers to the Virgin Mary as the Great Mother of God. History The construction of the settlement of Metsamor was launched in 1969, within the ''Hoktemberyan'' raion of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was mainly founded as the residential settlement of the employees of the Metsamor Nucl ...
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Bagaran, Armavir
Bagaran () is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. Its name is derived from the nearby ancient Armenian city of Bagaran (ancient city), Bagaran which was a large city and fortress that straddled both banks of the Akhurian River, and served as a former capital of medieval Armenia. A small Kurdish-populated village called Kılıttaşı now partially lies on the Turkey, Turkish side of the closed border. Toponymy Historically known as Haji Bayram, the village was renamed Bakhchalar on January 3, 1935, and later Bagaran on July 3, 1968, respectively. History Ancient and medieval According to the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, Bagaran was founded during the third century BC by king Orontes IV of Armenia. It quickly became the religious centre of Armenia, replacing Armavir (ancient city), Armavir as the main spiritual site of the Orontid pagan temples. After the fall of the Orontid dynasty and the rise of the Artaxiad dynasty, king A ...
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Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Armenia, 5th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is commonly known as Ejmiatsin (also spelled Echmiadzin or Etchmiadzin, , ), which was its official name between 1945 and 1995. It is still commonly used colloquially and in official bureaucracy, a case of dual naming. The city is best known as the location of Etchmiadzin Cathedral and Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is thus unofficially known in Western sources as a "holy city" and in Armenia as the country's "spiritual capital". It was one of the major cities and a historic capitals of Armenia, capital of Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), the ancient Kingdom of Greater Armenia. Reduced to a small town by the early 20th century, it experienced large expansion during the Soviet period beco ...
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Stone Circle
A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most being built between 3300 and 2500 BC. The best known examples include those at the henge monument at Avebury, the Rollright Stones, Castlerigg, and elements within the ring of standing stones at Stonehenge. Scattered examples exist from other parts of Europe. Later, during the Iron Age, stone circles were built in southern Scandinavia. The archetypical stone circle is an uncluttered enclosure, large enough to congregate inside, and composed of megalithic stones. Often similar structures are named 'stone circle', but these names are either historic, or incorrect. Examples of commonly misinterpreted stone circles are ring cairns, burial mounds, and kerb cairns. Although it is often assumed there are thousands of stone circles across the Br ...
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Taronik
Taronik (, ) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The Iron Age settlement of Metsamor site is located only 1 km southwest of Taronik. See also *Armavir Province Armavir (, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the north, the province's capital is the tow ... References * World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com * * * Populated places in Armavir Province {{ArmavirAM-geo-stub ...
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Metsamor Castle
The Metsamor site is the remains of an old fortress located to the southwest of the Armenian village of Taronik, in the Armavir Province. While a belief was long held according to which the city of Metsamor was destroyed by the Urartians during the Iron Age, researchers now believe it was destroyed by Scythian or Cimmerian nomads. History The central part of the site lies on a hill overlooking the Ararat Valley. Research has been conducted in the fortified citadel and the so-called lower town lying below it, as well as in the cemetery located about 500 m to the east. Already in the first seasons, an undisturbed stratigraphic sequence from the Bronze Age (the Kura-Arax period) to the medieval times was documented. The oldest traces of settlement date to the turn of the 4th millennium BC (Chalcolithic), the youngest, to the 17th century. In the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages (15th–8th century BC), the settlement became an important religious and economic center with a develop ...
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Metsamor Park At Night2
Metsamor (, ), is a town and urban municipal community in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is famous for being home to Armenia's Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear plant in the Transcaucasian region. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of 9,191. As per the 2016 official estimate, Metsamor has a population of around 8,000. As of the 2022 census, the town had a population of 8,472. Etymology The name of the town is derived from the nearby river of Metsamor. It is composed of 2 Armenian words: ''mets'' () meaning ''great'', and ''mor'' () meaning ''mother's'', being the genitive singular form of the word ''mayr'' () meaning ''mother''. The name is most probably refers to the Virgin Mary as the Great Mother of God. History The construction of the settlement of Metsamor was launched in 1969, within the ''Hoktemberyan'' raion of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was mainly founded as the residential settlement of the employees of the Metsamor Nucl ...
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