Lernanist

Coordinates: 40°28′03″N 44°47′53″E / 40.46750°N 44.79806°E / 40.46750; 44.79806

Lernanist
Լեռնանիստ
Lernanist
Coordinates: 40°28′03″N 44°47′53″E / 40.46750°N 44.79806°E / 40.46750; 44.79806
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Kotayk
Population (2013)
  Total 4,000
Time zone UTC+4 ( )
  Summer (DST) UTC+5 ( )

Lernanist (Armenian: Լեռնանիստ, also Romanized as Lerrnanist; formerly, Verin Akhta and Verkhnyaya Akhta) is a town in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is home to the descendants of Armenian settlers from Van who survived the Armenian Genocide.[1]

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References

  1. "Hachikian Brothers Renovate Village Church in Memory of Their Father". menianweekly.com. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2017.


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