Vurğun

Vurğun
Municipality
Vurğun
Coordinates: 41°05′42″N 45°28′31″E / 41.09500°N 45.47528°E / 41.09500; 45.47528Coordinates: 41°05′42″N 45°28′31″E / 41.09500°N 45.47528°E / 41.09500; 45.47528
Country  Azerbaijan
Rayon Agstafa
Population
  Total 2,710
Time zone UTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST) UTC+5 (AZT)

Vurğun (also, Grünfeld, Kalininkänd, and Kalininkend) is a village and municipality in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,710. Founded as the German colony of Grünfeld, the town was renamed during the Soviet period for Mikhail Kalinin, and afterward in 1991, in honor of the writer Samad Vurgun.[1]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2012-07-24.


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