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ARMAVIR

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 564 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARMAVIR  . (1) The ruins of the old

capital of Armenia, on the S.E. slope of the
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extinct
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volcano
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Ala-geuz, according to legend, built by Armais, a grandson of Haik, in 1980 B.C., and the capital of the Armenian kings till the 2nd century A.D . Now a small
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village, Tapadibi, occupies its seat . (2) A
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district
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town of Russia,
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northern Caucasia, province of
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Kuban, on Kuban
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river, and on the main
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line of the Caucasian railway, 40 M. by
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rail west of
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Stavropol, built in 1848 for the settlement of Armenian mountaineers, and now a well-built, growing town with 8000 inhabitants, the merchants of which carry on a lively trade .

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