Ghukasavan
Encyclopedia
Ghukasavan is a town
in the Ararat Province
of Armenia
. The town was renamed in 1949 in honor of Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of the Armenian Communist Youth Movement.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Ararat Province
Ararat (province)
Ararat is a province of Armenia with capital in Artashat. Named after Mount Ararat, the province borders Turkey to the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic to the south...
of Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
. The town was renamed in 1949 in honor of Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of the Armenian Communist Youth Movement.