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.

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

See also

• Armavir Province

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
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

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