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

. The town was named for Ghazar Aga who organized the defense of the town against the Persians in 1826-1828; later named for poet Avetik Isahakyan
Avetik Isahakyan
Avetik Isahakyan , Ghazarapat, near Aleksandropol, current Gyumri, Russian Empire – October 17, 1957, Yerevan) was a prominent Armenian lyric poet, writer, academian and public activist.-Biography:...

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