Myasnikyan

40°10′39″N 43°54′23″E Myasnikyan (Armenian: Մյասնիկյան) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is named for Aleksandr Myasnikyan, the Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and statesman who led Soviet Armenia at the beginning of Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP).[1] It is the location of Araks railway station. Population is 4507 people. The town is populated by Armenians and Kurds (including Yazidis).[2]

Myasnikyan
Մյասնիկյան
Myasnikyan is located in Armenia
Myasnikyan
Myasnikyan
Coordinates: 40°10′39″N 43°54′23″E
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArmavir
Population
 (2008)
 • Total3,756

References
  1. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔՆԵՐ - ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ" (in Armenian). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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