Gay, Armenia
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Guy pronounced "guy", is a town in the Armavir Province
. The town was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan; in 1978, it was renamed in honor of a hero of the Russian Civil War
, Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom de guerre was "Guy".
Armavir (province)
Armavir is a province of Armenia with the capital in Armavir. It is in the west of the country, located in the Ararat valley, between Mount Ararat and Mount Aragats, and shares a 45-mile border with Turkey to the south and west...
. The town was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan; in 1978, it was renamed in honor of a hero of the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
, Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom de guerre was "Guy".