Mayisyan, Armavir

40°09′42″N 44°05′18″E / 40.16167°N 44.08833°E / 40.16167; 44.08833

Place in Armavir, Armenia

Mayisyan, Armavir Մայիսյան

Coordinates: 40°09′42″N 44°05′18″E / 40.16167°N 44.08833°E / 40.16167; 44.08833
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Armavir
Population (2008)
• Total	1,642
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )

Mayisyan (Armenian: Մայիսյան), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded as a collective farm (sovkhoz) and named Sovkhoz No.2. Later it became known as Imeni Beriya, named after Lavrentiy Beria. In 1953, it was renamed Imeni Zhdanovaor Zhdanov after Andrei Zhdanov. In 2006, the village was renamed Mayisyan, in memory of the Armenian victory over the Turks during the battles of Abaran and Sardarabad in May 1918.

References

Mayisyan, Armavir at GEOnet Names Server
World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.