Gay, Armenia

40°05′02″N 44°18′20″E / 40.08389°N 44.30556°E / 40.08389; 44.30556

Place in Armavir, Armenia

Gay Գայ
Gay
Coordinates: 40°05′02″N 44°18′20″E / 40.08389°N 44.30556°E / 40.08389; 44.30556
Country	Armenia
Province	Armavir
Municipality	Araks
Founded	1670s
Population (2008)
• Total	3,594
Time zone	UTC+4

Gay (Armenian: Գայ [ɡɑj]) until 1978, Khatunarkh, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan, Safavid governor of Chokhur-e Sa'd.^[1]^[2] In 1978, it was renamed in honour of Russian Civil War hero Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom-de-guerre was Gay.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Հակոբյան Տ.Խ., Մալիք Բախշյան փ.Տ., Բարսեղյան Օ.Խ. Հայաստանի և շրջակա գավառների տեղանունների բառարան. I գ., Ա.Դ., Երևան, «Իրավանի համալսարան», 1986. էջ 778

Gay, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazetteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia