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    Spitak (Armenian: Սպիտակ), is a town and urban municipal community in the northern Lori Province of Armenia. It is 96 km (60 mi) north of the capital,...
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  • The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake (Armenian: Սպիտակի երկրաշարժ, romanized: Spitaki yerkrasharzh), occurred on December...
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  • district around Spitak (1937—1995) Spitak Pass, Armenia Spitak River, a tributary of Chknakh in Debed river basin Spitak earthquake Spitak (film), a 2018...
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    of the province. Other important towns include Stepanavan, Alaverdi, and Spitak. It is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Haghpat and Sanahin monasteries...
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  • Spitak is a 2018 Armenian drama film directed by Alexander Kott. It was selected as the Armenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy...
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  • damaged much of the country's infrastructure, especially in the cities of Spitak, Leninakan (now Gyumri), Kirovakan (now Vanadzor), and Stepanavan, along...
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    Spitak Pass is a pass in Armenia crossing the Pambak mountains from Aragatsotn Province to Lori Province at height 2,378m. The M3 highway (Armenia) (de:M3...
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    enterprises are still able to function. In addition, the effects of the 1988 Spitak earthquake, which killed more than 25,000 people and made 500,000 homeless...
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  • Spitak Football Club (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Սպիտակ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Spitak, Lori Province. The club was dissolved...
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  • Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, as well as the restoration work after the Spitak earthquake. In his later life, he has become disabled due to consequences...
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    Hayk Sargsi Kotanjian (Armenian: Հայկ Սարգսի Քոթանջյան, born in 1945 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Armenian military diplomat, academic...
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    Anti-alcohol campaign Chernobyl disaster Demokratizatsiya Law on Cooperatives Spitak earthquake Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989 elections Presidency...
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    average at 75.0 years. After a setback during 1986–1996, mostly due to the Spitak earthquake, and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenia regained its position...
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    Day (East Timor) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States) Spitak Remembrance Day (Armenia) December 8 Battle Day (Falkland Islands) Bodhi...
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    devastating earthquakes have been documented in historical times, including the Spitak earthquake in December 1988 which destroyed the Gyumri-Vanadzor region of...
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    Constitution Day, 1995 21 September – Independence Day, 1991 7 December – Spitak Earthquake Memorial Day, 1988 Ashtarak Abovyan Gyumri Vagharshapat Yerevan...
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  • Capital: Vanadzor Urban settlements Akhtala Alaverdi (including Sanahin) Spitak Stepanavan Tashir Tumanyan Vanadzor Akhtala Municipality Akhtala (village)...
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    Last Inhabitant (2016) 1915 (2016) Intent to Destroy (2017) Furious (2017) Spitak (2018) Midnight Star (2019) Truth to Power (2021) I Am Not Alone (2021)...
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    smaller segment of the settlers was originally from the towns of Gyumri and Spitak in Armenia who had lived in temporary shelters following the devastating...
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    at benefit concerts to raise money for victims of tragedies such as the Spitak earthquake that killed 25,000 people in northern Armenia in December 1988...
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    government moved to prevent further ethnic violence. On 7 December 1988, the Spitak earthquake struck, killing an estimated 25,000 to 50,000 people. When Gorbachev...
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    example can be Armenia, that had experienced a devastating earthquake in Spitak on December 7, 1988, when the Karabakh conflict had already started. About...
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    in major disasters, especially in earthquakes. The aftermath of the 1988 Spitak earthquake prompted the establishment, in 1995, of the Renal Disaster Relief...
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    the Republic of Armenia to come into existence. On the North side of the Spitak-Vanadzor highway, about 2 km (1 mi) west of the city, there is a little...
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  • (Salt & Bread). In August 2014, the band released their third album titled «Spitak». They originally broadcast the news over the internet and made the album...
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    "Dadarel en jragners", "Dajan kyank e", and "Mi dzaghik er". After the 1988 Spitak earthquake, he moved to Los Angeles, where he formed a folk band and recorded...
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  • to the Soviet Union in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit Spitak, Soviet Armenia in 1988. For his efforts, President George H. W. Bush described...
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    The city's population rapidly grew to above 200,000 prior to the 1988 Spitak earthquake, when it was devastated, with the city's population being reduced...
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