Taperakan ( hy, Տափերական,also
Romanize
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...
d as Tap’erakan; formerly, Kirov
[Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 27, available online at th]
US embassy to Armenia's website
) is a town in the
Ararat Province
Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat.
The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan A ...
of
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 ...
. The town used to be named for
Sergey Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov ( né Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary whose assassination led to the first Great Purge.
Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and memb ...
, an early Bolshevik leader.
See also
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Ararat Province
Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat.
The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan A ...
References
External links
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World Gazeteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
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Populated places in Ararat Province
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