Leninakan

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Leninakan was the Soviet-era name of Gyumri, Armenia’s second-largest city and a major cultural and industrial center.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Leninakan canonical 1
Shirak Leninakan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
former name of city
administrativeStatus regional center of Shirak region (during Soviet period)
country Soviet Union
currentName Gyumri
distanceFrom about 120 km northwest of Yerevan
elevation approximately 1500 meters
hasCulturalInstitution museums
music schools
theaters
hasFunction transport hub in northwestern Armenia
industrialActivity food processing industry
machinery production
textile industry
isSecondLargestCityOf Armenia
isSovietEraNameOf Gyumri
languageOfName Russian
locatedIn Armenia
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
locatedInValleyOf Akhuryan River
locatedNear Turkish border
namedAfter Vladimir Lenin
partOf Transcaucasian region
linked to: South Caucasus
populationRankInArmenia second largest city
previousName Alexandropol
linked to: Alexandropol uezd

Kumayri
role major cultural center
major industrial center
significantEvent 1988 Spitak earthquake
sufferedHeavyDamageIn 1988 Spitak earthquake
timePeriod Soviet era
usedAsOfficialNameUntil 1990

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gyumri formerName Leninakan
Shirak FC formerName Shirak Leninakan
linked to: Leninakan