Gyumri (arm)

Gyumri

Gyumri ranks 431st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Marylebone, Bath, Somerset, and Dubrovnik. Memorable people born in Gyumri include George Gurdjieff, Olga Chekhova, and Frunzik Mkrtchyan. Gyumri has been the birth place of many athletes, and wrestlers. Gyumri is located in Armenia.

Gyumri is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city was known as Alexandropol, it became the largest city of Russian-ruled Eastern Armenia with a population above that of Yerevan. The city became renowned as a cultural hub, while also carrying significance as a major center of Russian troops during Russo-Turkish wars of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia