Aygevan

Coordinates: 40°10′N 43°58′E / 40.167°N 43.967°E / 40.167; 43.967

Aygevan
Այգևան
Aygevan
Coordinates: 40°10′N 43°58′E / 40.167°N 43.967°E / 40.167; 43.967
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Armavir
Population (2008)
  Total 1,630
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC)

Aygevan (Armenian: Այգևան); formerly Sovkhoz Nomer Shest (Russian for "Sovkhoz number six"), later Imeni Stalina, later Dzerzhinski and Imeni Dzerzhinskogo, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded as a state farm in 1946 and named after Felix Dzerzhinski, head of the Soviet secret police.

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