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Leningradyan street in Yerevan to be renamed after Kirk Kerkoryan 

Leningradyan street in Yerevan to be renamed after Kirk Kerkoryan 

ArmInfo.  Leningradyan street in Yerevan will be renamed Kirk Kerkoryan Street. The decision was made on October 23 during a meeting of the Council of Elders of the Armenian capital. The proposal was approved with  37 votes in  favor, two votes against, and 18 abstained.  

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