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Gyumri (briefly Kumayri, before that Leninakan, before that Alexandropol) is the capital of the Shirak province of Armenia, and a fortress of great strength.

The city was founded in the 5th century BC by the Greeks. This city suffered major damage in the 1988 earthquake.

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The central square of Gyumri and the church
File:Avetik Isaakyan.jpg
Avetik Isaakyan - armenian famous poet

External links

http://www.shirak.am

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