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7 unusual facts about Lori Province


Argutinsky-Dolgorukov

The founder of the family, Arghut, established himself in Lori, northern Armenia, then under Georgian control, at the end of the 15th century.

Democratic Republic of Georgia

With the British intervention the Lori "neutral zone" was created, only to be reoccupied by Georgia after the fall of the Armenian Republic at the end of 1920.

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Soviet Government forced Georgia to cede several areas to Turkey (the province of Tao-Klarjeti and part of Batumi province), Azerbaijan (the province of Hereti/Saingilo), Armenia (the Lore region) and Russia (northeastern corner of Khevi, eastern Georgia).

Gevorg Abajian

Gevorg Hambardzumi Abajian (December 12, 1920, Shnogh village, Lori Province, Armenia - 2002, Yerevan) was an Armenian theatrical and literary critic.

Maxim Rudometkin

Maxim Gavrilovich Rudometkin (c. 1818 – 1877) was a religious leader of a mid 19th century religious sect called the Molokan Jumpers, he lived primarily in a little village of the Lori Province called Fioletovo (previously called Nikitino) in the modern country of Armenia.

Nersisian School

The façade of the building was built of an orange stone from the Tsater (Lori) and Karahunj (Zangezur) villages.

Teghut Mine

Teghut Mine is a proposed copper and molybdenum open-pit mine in Armenia's northern province of Lori in the village of Teghut.


Russians in Armenia

Traditional Russian villages can still be found in Amassia, Ashotsk (Shirak), Sevan and Semyonvka (Gegharkunik Province), Filoetovo, Lermontov, Pushkino, Sverdlov, Lernantsk, Medovka, Lerhovit, Petrovka, Tashir and Mikaielovska (Lori Province).


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