Gay, Armenia

Gay (Armenian: Գայ [ɡɑj]), known as Khatunarkh until 1978 and also spelled Gai is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia.

It was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan, Safavid governor of Chokhur-e Sa'd.

[2][3] In 1978, it was renamed in honour of Russian Civil War hero Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom-de-guerre was Gai.

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