Dzerzhinski, Armenia
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Dzerzhinski is a town in the Armavir Province
Armavir (province)
Armavir is a province of Armenia with the capital in Armavir. It is in the west of the country, located in the Ararat valley, between Mount Ararat and Mount Aragats, and shares a 45-mile border with Turkey to the south and west...

 of Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

. The town was founded as a state farm in 1946 and named after Felix Dzerzhinski, head of the Soviet secret police.
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