Aygevan ( hy, Այգևան); formerly ''Sovkhoz Nomer Shest'' – (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

for "

Sovkhoz A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, abbreviated from ''советское хозяйство'', "sovetskoye khozyaystvo (sovkhoz)"; ) was a form of state-owned farm in the Soviet Union. It is usually contrasted wit ...

number six"), later ''Imeni Stalina'', later ''Dzerzhinski'' and ''Imeni Dzerzhinskogo'', is a village in the

Armavir Province Armavir ( hy, Արմավիր, ), is a 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 town of Armavir whi ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...

. It was founded as a state farm in 1946 and named after

Felix Dzerzhinski Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( pl, Feliks Dzierżyński ; russian: Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович Дзержи́нский; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official, born into Polish nobilit ...

, head of the Soviet secret police.

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World Gazeteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in Armavir Province Populated places established in 1946 Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union 1946 establishments in the Soviet Union {{ArmavirAM-geo-stub

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